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An Audit of VDRL Testing from an STI Clinic in India: Analysing the Present Scenario with Focus on Estimating and Optimizing the Turnaround Time [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Timeliness of reporting is of utmost importance to limit the spread of syphilis. The present analysis was undertaken to evaluate the turnaround time of syphilis testing (mainly Venereal disease research laboratory /VDRL test) in a ...
Bhanu Mehra, Preena Bhalla, Deepti Rawat, Shikhar Saxena   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of Treponema pallidum recombinant proteins in the serological diagnosis of syphilis.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Syphilis serodiagnosis is challenging because distinct clinical forms of the infection may influence serological performance and discordant results between tests make clinical decisions difficult.
Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva, Ueriton Dias de Oliveira, Larissa de Carvalho Medrado Vasconcelos, Leonardo Foti, Leonardo Maia Leony, Ramona Tavares Daltro, Amanda Leitolis, Fernanda Washington de Mendonça Lima, Marco Aurélio Krieger, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin, Fred Luciano Neves Santos   +10 more
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Nodular secondary syphilis in an immunocompetent woman: Case report and literature review

Dermatologica Sinica, 2018
A 46-year-old woman presented with slightly itching, painless erythematous nodules on the face, neck, and genital area. Initial differential diagnoses included cutaneous lymphoma. We performed punch biopsy on her neck.
Jee Hee Son, Sook Young Park, Bo Young Chung, Hye One Kim, Hee Jin Cho, Chun Wook Park   +5 more
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Serological diagnosis of syphilis [PDF]

, 2005
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Escola Paulista de Medicina Departamento de DermatologiaUNIFESP, EPM, Depto.
Rotta, Osmar
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Rapid Point-of-Care Tests Using Staphylococcal Protein A Can Detect Early IgM Responses in HIV-1 and Treponema pallidum Infections

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Serological assays detecting IgM antibodies in addition to IgG antibodies have a diagnostic advantage in finding early infections. Staphylococcal protein A (SpA), widely used as an antibody-detecting reagent in various immunoassays, is considered to have
Valentina A. Schmidt, Victoria Rose Stevens, Javan Esfandiari, Konstantin P. Lyashchenko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of the coverage of rapid tests for syphilis in primary care on the syphilis in pregnancy in Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of rapid tests coverage in Primary Care on syphilis detection rate in pregnant women in Brazil, in municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants.
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Tatyana Maria Silva de Souza Rosendo, Marquiony Marques dos Santos, Ana Karla Bezerra Lopes, Kenio Costa de Lima   +4 more
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Diagnostically significant antigens of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: identification, serological efficacy, and characterisation of the major antigenic determinants. [PDF]

, 2000
The antibody response to native antigens derived from Treponema pallidum (Nichols strain) was investigated by western blotting. In early primary disease the responses were most frequently to the major immunodominant antigen, TpN47, and the flagellar ...
Grace, Christopher
core   +1 more source

Natural history of primary syphilis: clinical and serological aspects of chancre concurrent with Follmann’s balanitis

DST, 2022
Introduction: Primary syphilis is classically represented by a hard chancre, but other rare forms such as Follmann’s balanitis are occasionally described.
John Verrinder Veasey, Sandy Daniele Munhoz, Laura Rodrigues Moda Francisco   +2 more
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Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network laboratory Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Neurosyphilis in Canada

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue A, Page 18A-22A, 2015., 2015
Neurosyphilis refers to infection of the central nervous system by Treponema pallidum, which may occur at any stage. Neurosyphilis has been categorized in many ways including early and late, asymptomatic versus symptomatic and infectious versus non‐infectious. Late neurosyphilis primarily affects the central nervous system parenchyma, and occurs beyond
Tom Wong, Kevin Fonseca, Max A Chernesky, Richard Garceau, Paul N Levett, Bouchra Serhir   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chlamydia trachomatis Antibody Testing in Vaginal Mucosal Material versus Blood Samples of Women Attending a Fertility Clinic and an STI Clinic

Obstetrics and Gynecology International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
Background. Chlamydia infections often follow an asymptomatic course but may damage the reproductive tract. Chlamydia antibodies in serum are used as markers for past infections and can relate to tubal pathology and infertility. This “proof of principle” study aimed to assess whether Chlamydia antibodies are detectable in easier to obtain, noninvasive,
Ingrid V. F. van den Broek, Jolande A. Land, Jan E. A. M. van Bergen, Servaas A. Morré, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Deborah A. Wing   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source