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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, July 2001, p. 841-842, Vol. 8, No. 4
Division of AIDS, STD, and TB Laboratory
Research, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Received 30 January 2001/Returned for modification 17 April
2001/Accepted 10 May 2001
Using 255 serum samples with various reactivities, we evaluated the
Syphilis Fast latex agglutination test (Syphilis Fast) against the
Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test (TP-PA) for
confirming a diagnosis of syphilis. We found 98.8% agreement between
the Syphilis Fast and the TP-PA. The Syphilis Fast, however, had a
couple of advantages over the TP-PA: the test takes only 8 min to
perform and produces results that are easy to read. It appears to be a
good confirmatory test for syphilis, especially for point-of-care
clinics such as prenatal or sexually transmitted disease clinics.
1071-412X/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.4.841-842.2001
Syphilis Fast Latex Agglutination Test, a Rapid
Confirmatory Test
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