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To evaluate and compare the diagnostic seroreactivity of FTA-ABS, MHA-TP, and VDRL tests in patients with primary syphilis.

October 1, 1980Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen Access

Reactivity of microhemagglutination, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption, and venereal disease research laboratory tests in primary syphilis

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JDJohn D. DyckmanBaylor College of Medicine SSSuzanna M. StormsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign THThomas W. HuberCentral Texas Veterans Health Care System

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Diagnostic study demonstrates superior reactivity of FTA-ABS and MHA-TP tests over VDRL in primary syphilis, suggesting earlier detection with treponemal assays.

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To evaluate and compare the diagnostic seroreactivity of FTA-ABS, MHA-TP, and VDRL tests in patients with primary syphilis.
Evaluated serological testing performance across N=130 confirmed cases of primary syphilis.
Assessed comparative reactivity using fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS), microhemagglutination (MHA-TP), and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) assays.
Seroreactivity was 91.5% with the FTA-ABS test, 82.3% with the MHA-TP test, and 68.5% with the VDRL test.
The MHA-TP test became reactive earlier in the disease course than the VDRL test.
The MHA-TP test confirmed 100% of reactive VDRL results and the majority of weakly reactive VDRL results.

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Dyckman et al. (1980) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ffb4cc48c717e4deea104 https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.12.4.629-630.1980

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Diagnostic study demonstrates superior reactivity of FTA-ABS and MHA-TP tests over VDRL in primary syphilis, suggesting earlier detection with treponemal assays.

Reactivity of microhemagglutination, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption, and venereal disease research laboratory tests in primary syphilis

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Reactivity of microhemagglutination, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption, and venereal disease research laboratory tests in primary syphilis

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