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KMID : 0357919780120020178
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Korean Journal of Pathology
1978 Volume.12 No. 2 p.178 ~ p.0
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Syphilis Serology with VDRL and TPHA
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배창환(裵昌煥)/Chang Hwan Bae
김경선(金京善)/김재식(金在植)/김중명(金重明)/Kyung Sun Kim/Jae Sik Kim/Jyung Myung Kim
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Abstract
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Forty five cases consisting of 42 cases of VDRL positive sera and 3 cases of VDRL
negative sera were compared to TPHA test.
Thirty four cases (81.0%) of 42 positive VDRL sera were TPHA positive and consider
-ed to be syphilis. Eight cases (19.0%) of 42 positive VDRL were TPHA negative and
considered to be non-syphitic. However one case of 8 negative TPHA was exception.
This case was syphilis on the diagnosis and was receiving antisyphilis therapy showing
remarkable lowering of serologic titer in VDRL.
Three cases of negative VDRL showed also negative TPHA.
The agreement between VDRL and TPHA was 91.8% .
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