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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Aug 1;48(8 Suppl):S54–S57. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001450

Table 1.

Sensitivity and Specificity of CSF-VDRL Reactivity for Neurosyphilis Diagnosis

Sensitivity
Proportion		 Specificity
Proportion
All No HIV PLWH All* No HIV PLWH
Asymptomatic meningitis 45.7%
53/116		 48.1%
13/27		 44.9%
40/89		 91.6%
745/813		 89.1%
123/138		 92.1%
621/674
Symptomatic meningitis 48.1%
26/54		 42.9%
6/14		 50.0%
20/40		 89.1%
780/875		 85.4%
129/151		 89.9%
650/723
*

HIV status was missing for one participant