Serological diagnosis of infection with Treponema pallidum
Blood sample (serum)
Gold top clotted (min 4ml)
For electronic requesting using EPIC (RDUH ONLY):
Search for: ‘Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) serology‘ or test code ‘LAB1197‘
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EIA based screening to detect IgG
RPR ( Rapid Plasma Reagin ) test available for monitoring response to treatment
New diagnoses of syphilis are sent to reference laboratory for confirmatory testing
Processed locally in Microbiology at RDUH
2 – 14 days
(Key words: Syphillis, Treponemal, VDRL, TPHA, TPPA)
Specimen Labelling Procedure
9018
