Cerebrospinal fluid TPPA titres in the diagnosis of neurosyphilis

Sex Transm Infect. 2020 Aug;96(5):389-390. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054198. Epub 2020 Jan 20.

Authors

Fareed Shiva¹, David Goldmeier², Paul Lane³, Helen Ethiopia³, Alan Winston^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Genitourinary Medicine and HIV, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK fareed.shiva@nhs.net.
² Genitourinary Medicine and HIV, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Infection & Immunity, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.

PMID: 31959701
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054198

No abstract available

Keywords: TPPA; cerebrospinal fluid; neurosyphilis.

MeSH terms

Agglutination Tests
Cerebrospinal Fluid / cytology
Cerebrospinal Fluid / metabolism*
Female
Humans
Male
Neurosyphilis / cerebrospinal fluid*
Neurosyphilis / diagnosis
Neurosyphilis / physiopathology
Retrospective Studies
Syphilis Serodiagnosis
Treponema pallidum