Evaluation of a modified FTA-ABS test multispot FTA-ABS.

Evaluation of the sorbents used in the FTA-ABS test.

The FTA-ABS test for syphilis. Performance in 1,033 patients.

During the 20th century, screening tests using nontreponemal lipoidal antigens have evolved from the old Wassermann test to such excellent ones as the VDRL and Kahn flocculation tests and the Kolmer complement-fixation test. These tests are easily performed in small laboratories and are almost invariably reactive in patients who have any form of active syphilis other than primary syphilis. Alth...

Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS) test in yaws.

The pathogenic treponemes, T. pertenue and T. pallidum, produce similar antibodies in the serum of a person infected with either organism. Thus sera from patients with yaws react similarly to sera from syphilitic patients in the conventional tests for syphilis and in the Treponema pallidum immobilization (TPI) test. The most recent test developed for the detection of syphilis is the fluorescent...

An Improved Fta Test for Syphilis, the Absorption Procedure (fta-abs).

Evaluation of a fully automated treponemal test and comparison with conventional VDRL and FTA-ABS tests.

We evaluated analytic performances of an automated treponemal test and compared this test with the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (VDRL) and fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test (FTA-ABS). Precision performance of the Architect Syphilis TP assay (TP; Abbott Japan, Tokyo, Japan) was assessed, and 150 serum samples were assayed with the TP before and after heat inactivation ...