Name
TABES DORSALIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
OTHER TESTS : * RAPID SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR SYPHILIS * 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 ) * SERDIA TP-PA TEST = MORE SENSITIVE FOR PRIMARY SYPHILIS * T. PALLIDUM HAEMAGGLUTINATION TEST * CSF - MONONUCLEAR PLEOCYTOSIS, INCREASED PROTEINS. 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
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
VDRL, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, CSF EXAMINATION