Secondary Syphilis : Tests

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Blood tests can be done to detect substances produced by the bacteria that causes syphilis. An initial screening is done with the VDRL test or RPR. If these are positive, the diagnosis is confirmed by another blood test called FTA-ABS.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 22, 2007
FTA-ABS is a blood test is used to detect antibodies to the bacteria Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis. This test is used to confirm whether a positive screening test for syphilis means there is a true infection.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 18, 2007
The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS) test measures a specific antibody made against Treponema pallidum , the bacterium that causes syphilis. The test is reserved for confirmation of a positive screening test for syphilis and distinguishes patients with true infection from those with a false positive result of a screening test.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical examination includes: Inspection (looking at the body) Palpation (feeling the body with hands) Auscultation (listening to sounds) Percussion (producing sounds)
Source:ADAM
Date:January 22, 2007
The RPR (Rapid Plasma Reagin) screening test measures antibodies called reagins that can be produced by Treponema pallidum , the bacteria which causes syphilis . However, the body does not always produce reagin specifically in response to the syphilis bacteria, so the test is not always accurate. The test is similar to the veneral disease research laboratory ( VDRL ) test.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 8, 2007
The rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test has several useful purposes. It is used to screen asymptomatic individuals for syphilis, diagnose symptomatic infection, and monitor disease activity and response to treatment.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are caused by a group of infectious microorganisms that are transmitted mainly through sexual activity. These agents represent a costly, burdensome global public health problem.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Viral and bacterial infections passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood when profound changes occur.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are viral and bacterial infections passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Adolescence is a time of opportunities and risk when many health behaviors are established.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Sexually transmitted disease (STD) is a term used to describe more than 20 different infections that are transmitted through exchange of semen, blood, and other body fluids; or by direct contact with the affected body areas of people with STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases are also called venereal diseases.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum . Tests for syphilis can be either treponemal (identifying an antibody that occurs specifically in T.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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