creators_name: Wiwanitkit, Viroj creators_id: Wiwanitkit V editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2006-01-14 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:19 metadata_visibility: show title: Biological false reactive VDRL test among the HIV-infected patients: A note on its prevalence ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: HIV, Syphilis, VDRL, False positive abstract: Presently, the screening of syphilis is dependent mainly on serological tests. In the sexually transmitted disease clinic, syphilis serology is a basic screening test. The results VDRL test among of 150 HIV (82 males, 68 females) infected, regardless to immune status (CD4+ count), were studied. It was found that in 2 cases, the VDRL was biologically false reactive (VDRL positive, TPHA negative), who had CD4+ count >200 /L, giving the incidence rate equal to 1.3 % (1.2 % for male and 1.5 % for female). date: 2005-11 date_type: published publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences volume: 4 number: 3 publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Griemberg G, Ravelli MR, Etcheves PC, Orfus G, Pizzimenti MC. Syphilis and pregnancy. Prenatal control, seroprevalence and false biological positives. Medicina 2000;60:343-7 2. Janier M. Syphilis: clinical, biological and therapeutical aspects. Rev Prat 2004;54:376-82 3. Lowhagen GB. Syphilis: test procedures and therapeutic strategies. Semin Dermatol 1990;9:152-9. 4. Flores JL. Syphilis. A tale of twisted treponemes. West J Med 1995;163:552-9 5. Schofer H, Imhof M, Thoma-Greber E et al. Active syphilis in HIV infection: a multicentre retrospective survey. The German AIDS Study Group (GASG). Genitourin Med 1996;72:176-81. 6. Ganapathysundaram S, Mallika M, Chandrasekaran S, Mohan G. MHA-Tp testing on HIV positive and negative women in vigilance home at Madurai. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 1992;35:44-7 7. Wiwanitkit V. Biological false reactive VDRL tests: when to re-test? Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2002;33 Suppl 3:131-2. citation: Wiwanitkit, Viroj (2005) Biological false reactive VDRL test among the HIV-infected patients: A note on its prevalence. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/4695/1/2005-3-2.pdf