Biologic False-Positive Reaction for Syphilis

ONCE upon a time the physician was hard put to distinguish between the true-positive blood test for syphilis and the biologic false-positive reaction. Only time and exhaustive clinical and epidemiologic studies made a disposition of infection or no infection possible. There was rejoicing when the physician could happily proclaim that the patient had a biologic false-positive reaction and not syphilis.Time and the introduction of the treponemal tests have made it possible to ascertain quickly, and within limits quite accurately, whether or not a patient with a reactive reagin test has syphilis.Time and the recent advances in the nature . . .