what is a false positive syphilis? took a test that said positive and then came back negative, doctors says that some test come back negative and that i don't have syphilis, but what causes the test to give a false positive?
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Often, the initail test for syphilis is not very specific. Therefore, it will show a positive result when there is no syphilitic infection present.
1. Diseases which produce acute biologic false-positive (BFP) VDRL and RPR results (positive during the course of illness, usually becoming negative within two weeks following illness): Febrile illnesses in general such as: atypical pneumonia chancroid chicken pox filariasis hyperproteinemia subacute bacterial endocarditis infectious hepatitis infectious mononucleosis leishmaniasis leptospirosis yaws lymphogranuloma venereum malaria measles rat bite fever pneumococcal pneumonia relapsing fever scarlet fever tuberculosis typhus fever vaccinia Immunizations, drug addiction, pregnancy and aging may also cause acute BFPs.
2. Diseases which produce chronic biologic false-positive VDRL and RPR results(positive indefinitely:
3. Possible causes of biological false-positive FTA-ABS (DS) results:
VDRL, RPR, and FTA are all names for different tests for syphilis.
These data might be a bit more coherent if you go to the website where I shamelessly copied them. www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/vi/syph.shtml
JayR
thank you!
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