Name
SYPHILIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. - COLLAGEN VASCULAR DISEASES - AORTITIS, AR FROM OTHER CAUSESOTHER TESTS : * RAPID SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR SYPHILIS ( RPR ) * AUTOMATED REAGIN TEST * DARK FIELD, DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE EXAMINATION * PCR TEST FOR T. PALLIDUM * FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY ABSORPTION TEST = 85 - 100 % SENSTIVITY * TREPONEMAL PALLIDUM PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION TEST = 65 - 100 % SENSTIVITY * MICROHAEMAGGLUTINATION ASSAY FOR T. PALLIDUM ( MHA-TP ), CONFIRMATORY TEST , ONCE POSITIVE, REMAINS SO. FALSE POSITIVE WITH OTHER TREPONEMAL INFECTION ( PINTA,YAWS ETC ), MONONUCLEOSIS, SLE. * SERDIA TP-PA TEST = MORE SENSITIVE FOR PRIMARY SYPHILIS * T. PALLIDUM HAEMAGGLUTINATION TEST * TREPONEMAL IMMOBILIZATION TEST ( TPI ) FOR CONGENITAL SYPHILIS :- * SYPHILIS CAPTIA-M TEST & 19 S IGM FTA-ABS TEST - FOR MEASUREMENT OF IGM IN NEONATES IN WHOM CONGENITAL SYPHILIS IS SUSPECTED * CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, X-RAY CHEST, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, CT SCAN, MR ANGIOGRAPHY ETC. - IF SUSPECTING CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT LIKE AORTITIS, CORONARY OSTIAL STENOSIS, AORTIC ANEURYSM, AORTIC REGURGITATION. * ALL PTS WITH CARDIVASCULAR SYPHILIS SHOULD HAVE SEROLOGIC CSF EXAMINATION
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
VDRL, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, TREPONEMA PALLIDIUM PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION TEST
[SYPHILIS]
[GOKULAKANTA] [INDIAN MALLOW] [INDIAN PENNYWORT] [POPPY SEEDS]