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Published on: April 9, 2014
Direct comparison of the traditional and reverse syphilis screening algorithms in a population with a low prevalence
Matthew J Binnicker1, Deborah J Jespersen, Leonard O Rollins
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. binnicker.matthew@mayo.edu
Abstract:
We describe the first direct comparison of the reverse and traditional syphilis screening algorithms in a population with a low prevalence of syphilis. Among 1,000 patients tested, the results for 6 patients were falsely reactive by reverse screening, compared to none by traditional testing. However, reverse screening identified 2 patients with possible latent syphilis that were not detected by rapid plasma reagin (RPR).

