Rapid plasma reagin: Difference between revisions

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Non-treponemal diagnostic test for syphilis
Used to trend titres in response to treatment

Interpretation

Reported as a titre

False positive

Infectious
- Bacterial endocarditis, including rheumatic heart disease
- Chancroid
- Varicella-zoster virus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Leprosy
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Malaria
- Mumps
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Rickettsioses
- Tuberculosis
- Viral hepatitis
- Viral pneumonia
- Other treponemal infections such as yaws, pinta, or bejel
Non-infectious
- Older age
- Chronic liver disease
- Connective tissue diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis
- Injection drug use
- Malignancy
- Multiple myeloma
- Pregnancy
- Ulcerative colitis

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-* Non-treponemal diagnostic test for syphilis
+*Non-treponemal diagnostic test for syphilis
-* Used to trend titres in response to treatment
+*Used to trend titres in response to treatment
 ==Interpretation==
-* Reported as a titre
+*Reported as a titre
 ===False positive===
-* Infectious
+*Infectious
-** Bacterial [[endocarditis]], including [[rheumatic heart disease]]
+**Bacterial [[endocarditis]], including [[rheumatic heart disease]]
-** [[Chancroid]]
-** [[Varicella zoster virus]]
+**[[Chancroid]]
-** [[Epstein-Barr virus]]
+**[[Varicella-zoster virus]]
-** [[Leprosy]]
+**[[Epstein-Barr virus]]
+**[[Leprosy]]
-** [[Lypmhogranuloma venereum]]
+**[[Lymphogranuloma venereum]]
-** [[Malaria]]
-** [[Mumps]]
+**[[Malaria]]
-** [[Mycoplasma pneumoniae]]
+**[[Mumps]]
-** [[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
+**[[Mycoplasma pneumoniae]]
+**[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
-** [[Rickettsioses]]
-** [[Tuberculosis]]
+**[[Rickettsioses]]
-** [[Viral hepatitis]]
+**[[Tuberculosis]]
-** [[Viral pneumonia]]
+**[[Viral hepatitis]]
+**[[Viral pneumonia]]
-** Other treponemal infections such as [[yaws]], [[pinta]], or [[bejel]]
+**Other treponemal infections such as [[yaws]], [[pinta]], or [[bejel]]
-* Non-infectious
+*Non-infectious
-** Older age
+**Older age
-** [[Chronic liver disease]]
+**[[Chronic liver disease]]
-** Connective tissue diseases such as [[rheumatoid arthritis]]
+**Connective tissue diseases such as [[rheumatoid arthritis]]
-** Injection drug use
+**Injection drug use
-** Malignancy
+**Malignancy
-** [[Multiple myeloma]]
-** [[Pregnancy]]
+**[[Multiple myeloma]]
-** [[Ulcerative colitis]]
+**[[Pregnancy]]
+**[[Ulcerative colitis]]
 [[Category:Infectious diseases]]