Clinical characteristics of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus showing a false-positive result of syphilis screening
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DOI: 10.1007/s00296-019-04435-0
Abstract: A false-positive result of syphilis screening test (FPST) is a characteristic finding in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We evaluated the clinical characteristics of SLE patients with FPST at SLE diagnosis. We reviewed the… read more here.
Keywords: syphilis screening; result syphilis; fpst; false positive ... See more keywords
Syphilis in pregnancy: a qualitative investigation of healthcare provider perspectives on barriers to syphilis screening during pregnancy in south-east Queensland.
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DOI: 10.1071/sh22193
Abstract: BACKGROUND Increasing rates of syphilis in pregnancy (SiP) in Australia and other high-income countries, has led to the resurgence of congenital syphilis. Suboptimal syphilis screening during pregnancy has been identified as a key contributing factor.… read more here.
Keywords: syphilis screening; screening pregnancy; syphilis pregnancy; pregnancy ... See more keywords
Limited efficacy of nontreponemal test combined with treponemal test in the initial syphilis screening algorithm
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DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000886
Abstract: Purpose. Various syphilis screening algorithms have been proposed and are now used by many clinical laboratories following the introduction of automated treponemal tests (TTs). In France, the diagnosis of syphilis is based on a TT… read more here.
Keywords: initial syphilis; syphilis screening; nontreponemal test; syphilis ... See more keywords
Screening for syphilis with dual algorithms: analysis of discordant and concordant serology results in a population with a low prevalence of syphilis
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DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15251
Abstract: Currently, many laboratories have switched the traditional screening algorithm (TSA) to reverse screening algorithm (RSA) for the efficiencies in highâvolume syphilis screening. However, confusions have been arisen regarding this paradigm shift. read more here.
Keywords: syphilis screening; serology; syphilis dual; dual algorithms ... See more keywords
Treponema pallidum Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing To Augment Syphilis Screening among Men Who Have Sex with Men
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00572-19
Abstract: Syphilis rates in much of the world are now at their highest levels in almost three decades, and new approaches to controlling syphilis, including diagnostic tests with shorter window periods, are urgently needed. ABSTRACT Syphilis… read more here.
Keywords: treponema pallidum; sex men; syphilis; men sex ... See more keywords