Diagnosis of syphilis is either positive or negative
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A com- parison between the two groups clearly shows that, if a negativeTPI result is regarded as sufficient to rule out the presence of syphilis, the percentage of false positiveTPHAtests appears to be high; on the other hand, if a negative FTA-ABS testis also regarded as being necessary for syphilis to be ruled out ...
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A positive titer with a VDRL or RPR indicates active syphilis and follow-up serologic testing is performed to monitor treatment response. With this new testing algorithm that uses the treponemal test first, some patients may test positive for a treponemal test but test negative with a nontreponemal test.
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