Syphilis Detection

Pregunta	Respuesta
FAS	Fluorescent Antibody Staining
FAS Target- Target	Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum antigens
FAS Target- Technique	Prepare smear and add specific Ig tagged with dye, wash off unbound Ig and put under fluor. microscope
FAS Target- Difficulties	Bacteria cannot be transported, so expensive equipment is needed at the clinic
RPR (Non-Specific) Test	Rapid Plasma Reagin (Non Specific) Test
RPR (Non-Specific) Test- Target	Ig for lipids released by infected cells
RPR (Non-Specific) Test- Technique	Cardiolipid (Ag) on carbon particles are mixed with serum- clumping = infection
RPR (Non-Specific) Test- Issues	High False +ve rate
TPHA (Specific) Test	Treponema pallidum Haemoaggluntenin (HA) test
TPHA (Specific) Test- Target	T.p HA Ig produced by body
TPHA (Specific) Test- Technique	RBCs are coated with Ag and mixed with serum- diffuse pattern = positive result
TPHA (Specific) Test- Issues	Expensive (but specific)
Treatment	Benzathine Penicillin (for partners as well)

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