Syphilis

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Start date Dec 26, 2014

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Whats the difference between seeing the organism via immunofluorescence, and the serological diagnosis with FTA-AB?

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Fta is gold standard

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aspiringmd1015 said:
Whats the difference between seeing the organism via immunofluorescence, and the serological diagnosis with FTA-AB?

IF is less sensitive. I've never seen a question where FTA-ABS wasn't the correct answer for diagnosis.

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right, but i mean in actually conducting the test. Isnt using fta-abs also immunoflourescence?

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