A 33-year-old member asked:
Test for syphilis - what do rpr reac and vdrl reac mean?
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Dr. Joseph Woodsanswered
Pathology 30 years experience
Screening tests.: Vdrl (venerial disease research laboratory) tests against anti-cardiolipin antibodies and RPR (papid plasma reagin) tests against nonspecific antibodies suggestive of syphilis and are screening tests. Treponemal antibody tests, like fta-abs and mha-tp usually become positive two to five weeks after the initial infection. These are used to confirm syphilis and stay positive, even after therapy.
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Positive tests: You may want to follow them up with more specific tests, or your physician may simply treat depending on history.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Rash on palm and feet 1month not itchy or hurt ,air-fill blister 1st week of rash test HIV rapid , syphilis TPHA , VDRL/RPR all is negative 3rd week re-test again still negative Dr doxycycline100mg x2/d for 2 week do i was treat correctly?
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Not HIV or syphilis: With these test results plus continuing rash afer 2 weeks of doxycycline, you can be 100% certain neither HIV nor syphilis is the cause of the rash o... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
I had rapid syphilis test at week 5, RPR at week 8, rapid syph 13 week, VDRL&TPHA 16week after exposure all negative, but i have rash on hand and feet, also i consume azithromycin 500mg x 2pills at week 3, am i need retest for syphilis at week 24?
Dr. Jay Parkanswered
Pediatrics 52 years experience
Negative VDRL & TPHA tests at 16 weeks post exposure assure you that you were not infected.
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Reviewed Sep 16, 2022
Dr. Hunter Handsfield commented
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Stop testing. You do not have syphilis and never did.
Sep 16, 2022
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A 28-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: vdrl/rpr positive for syphilis?
Dr. Dominic Riganottianswered
Infectious Disease 27 years experience
Antibodies: Ok..Lets separate these first. The venereal disease research laboratory test or vdrl is a blood test for syphilis and was developed by the former vene... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Is a negative tpha 3months & rapid syphilis tpha 6months after exposure enough to exclude syphilis even i experience some symptoms like rash on soles, extreme hair lose,fatigue? or i need do a vdrl/rpr?
Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
Yes it should be. Just stay under care of your doc.
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Answered Dec 02, 2022
A 27-year-old male asked:
Vdrl (rpr) conclusive at 60 days post exposure? which involved handjob and breast sex(protected). No concerns for hiv but syphilis. had a little open sore on left knee after 3 weeks and painless rash on right knee aftr 5 weeks,gone in 5 days TYSM?
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Visit this site for information on this topic: Syphilis window period:
https://www.e7health.com/post/155/std-test-window-when-should-i-get-tested/#:~:... Read More
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Answered Sep 03, 2022
Last updated Jan 12, 2015
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