Comparison of the Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Test with Other Tests for Syphilis on Cerebrospinal Fluids
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Fluorescent treponemal antibody tests on cerebrospinal fluid.
Reports of fluorescent treponemal antibody (FTA) testing of cerebrospinal fluids have appeared in the literature from time to time (Harris, Bossak, Deacon, and Bunch, 1960; Vaisman and Hamelin, 1961; Niel and Fribourg-Blanc, 1964). It has become accepted practice in our laboratory to perform an FTA test, without absorption with Reiter treponemes, on undiluted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). As no es...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1960
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.36.3.178