Usefulness in clinical practice of a point-of-care rapid test for simultaneous detection of nontreponemal and Treponema pallidum-specific antibodies in patients suffering from documented syphilis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 944-950

  Guinard, Jérôme ^a   Prazuck, Thierry ^a   Péré, Hélène ^b   Poirier, Claire ^a   LeGoff, Jérôme ^c   Boedec, Erwan ^b   Guigon, Aurélie ^a   Day, Nesrine ^b   Bélec, Laurent ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

diagnosis; nontreponemal antibodies; point of care; rapid test; sensitivity; specificity; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Treponema pallidum specific antibodies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS RAPID TEST; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

DIAGNOSIS; NONTREPONEMAL ANTIBODIES; POINT-OF-CARE; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84887581787     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413487328     Document Type: Article

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