Tag: syphilis test

VDRL false positive test: What are the causes of this?

VDRL test or Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test is a very common syphilis screening test. The problem will be occurred when VDRL turn positive without any suspicious of syphilis infection, we called this incident “Biological false positive” or BFP reaction. Today we will discuss on this BFP phenomenon. BFP phenomenon has been reported around 1-2% […]

Syphilis: The correct way we’ve deal with.

Many syphilis-positive patients come to see me at my Urology office — some are naïve cases while others are treatment-failure cases from other clinics. This topic will explain how we correctly manage syphilis infection and how to confirm successful treatment. CDC 2015 Syphilis treatment recommendation Any questions, you can discuss with your trusted urologist. You […]

Syphilis: The confusion on the difference kind of blood tests

Syphilis is one type of sexual transmitted disease which is commonly seeing in my office. The clinical that presents it was varied from a painless genital ulcer compared to a rash at palm and sole, depend on the stage of the infections. The blood test is the only way to confirm diagnosis for the disease, […]