Influence of human immunodeficiency virus infection on treponemal serology, in patients who have been treated for syphilis.
Sera from 20 homosexual men who were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and had been treated previously for syphilis, were examined for cardiolipin and treponemal antibodies by the Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory (VDRL) test, and the Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) and fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed test. In only one case was probable reactivation of syphilis, as judged by rising titres in the VDRL test, noted.
Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scotland, U.K.
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D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013587:Syphilis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial