Table 1 Syphilis serological testing (in serum and cerebrospinal fluid ).
Material | TPPA | FTA‐ABS | Cardiolipin | IgM–blot | ||
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IgG | IgM | KBR | Tpallidum | VDRL | ||
Serum | 1:40 000 | 1:20 000 | 1:320 | 100 IU/ml | positive | positive |
CSF | 1:512 | 1:256 | Undetermined | 4 IU/ml | negative | positive |
CSF, cerbrospinal fluid; FTA‐ABS, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption; KBR, potassium bromide; VDRL, Veneral Disease Research Laboratory; TPPA, Treponema pallidum particle agglutination.