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Review
. 2015 Jun;42(6):347-9.
doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000282.

Neurosyphilis and ophthalmic syphilis in persons with negative rapid plasma reagin and positive treponemal antibody test results

Susan Tuddenham  1 , Christiana Obeng, Khalil G Ghanem
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Review

Neurosyphilis and ophthalmic syphilis in persons with negative rapid plasma reagin and positive treponemal antibody test results

Susan Tuddenham et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

The detection of serodiscordant syphilis test results raises several important clinical and public health questions. Based on our retrospective review, the probability of neurosyphilis in persons with serodiscordant serologies is low. The probability of ophthalmic syphilis may be higher, but we lack objective measures for that diagnosis.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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