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14336784

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1965-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Analysis of data obtained in 25,787 Treponema pallidum immobilization tests in a ten-year period showed an increase in the incidence of biologic false positive (BFP) reactions for syphilis, and a decrease in the incidence of reactive TPI tests. The percentage of BFP tests increased from 54.2 per cent in 1953 to 70.7 per cent in 1962. Reaction to a standard serologic test for syphilis (STS) indicates only that the patient may have syphilis. A subsequent non-reactive TPI test remains the best procedure for ruling out a diagnosis of syphilis. Thus the clinician should be made more aware of the fact that a biologic false positive reaction strongly implies the existence of another disease, the cause of which should be investigated.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
OM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-1264
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1965
pubmed:articleTitle
TESTS FOR SYPHILIS. THE INCREASING INCIDENCE OF BIOLOGIC FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS AS MEASURED BY TREPONEMA PALLIDUM IMMOBILIZATION.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article