TABLE 3.
Performance of RUO Treponema pallidum TMA on suspensions of Treponema pallidum Nichols strain with additive exogenous or endogenous substances
| Number of T. pallidum Nichols strain assessments |
Mean endpoint FAM fluorescence of T. pallidum Nichols strain (95% CI) |
Additive exogenous/endogenous substance |
Number of T. pallidum Nichols strain assessments in the presence of an additive |
Mean endpoint FAM fluorescence of T. pallidum Nichols strain in the presence of an additive (95% CI) |
P value versus control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 4,258.3 (3,977.4, 4,539.2) | Commercial talcum powder | 84 | 4,190.6 (3,995.6, 4,385.6) | 0.68 |
| Lubricant | 84 | 4,239.6 (4,066.5, 4,412.7) | 0.90 | ||
| 62 | 4,020.0 (3,773.3, 4,266.7) | 1% (vol/vol) blood | 90 | 4,237.1 (4,063.0, 4,411.2) | 0.14 |
| 10% (vol/vol) seminal fluid | 90 | 3,850.7 (3,632.0, 4,069.4) | 0.31 | ||
| 20% (vol/vol) urine | 90 | 3,971.4 (3,772.3, 4,170.5) | 0.76 |