In univariate analysis, age (PR 0.93; 95% CI, 0.88-0.97; p < 0.001) and previous
syphilis test (PR 1.85; 95% CI, 1.41-2.44; p < 0.001) were associated with HIV testing.
[30] World Health Organisation/TDR, The Use of Rapid
Syphilis Test, World Health Organisation/TDR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006.
For this reason, it is important to record
syphilis test results in perinatal clinical records.
Connolly, "Evaluation of rapid
syphilis tests in KwaZulu-Natal," Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, vol.
The kits are labeled as: Rapid HIV Test Kit, Rapid
Syphilis Test Kit, One Step Cassette Style Cocaine Test, One Step Cassette Style Marijuana (THC) Test, One Step Cassette Style Amphetamine Test.
19 also featured a large photo involving sex, but in a more yucky kind of way: It depicted a young man getting a
syphilis test.
Initial screening includes a complete blood count (CBC), liver and kidney screening panels, laboratory tests for specific autoantibodies (e.g., antinuclear antibodies [ANA]), a
syphilis test (VDRL), urinalysis, blood chemistries, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).
It's unclear whether the
syphilis test actually detects Treponema pallidum, the syphilis-causing bacterium, during its infectious stage, says McCullough.
Among the 47 pregnant women who did access timely prenatal care, four (8.5%) did not receive an initial
syphilis test until <45 days before delivery, and 22 (46.8%) acquired syphilis after an initial nonreactive
syphilis test.
After signing an informed consent form, the women were enrolled for the questionnaire and
syphilis test.
The kits are labeled as Rapid HIV Test Kit, Rapid
Syphilis Test Kit, One Step Cassette Style Cocaine Test, One Step Cassette Style Marijuana (THC) Test, One Step Cassette Style Amphetamine Test, Rapid Dengue Fever Test, and One Step Midstream Style HCG Urine (Home) Pregnancy Test.
One week later, the body rash had not resolved and the patient demanded a
syphilis test; a 1:8 ratio on the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test indicated syphilis; a confirmatory fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption double staining (FTA-ABS) test also was reactive.