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SERUM: Heated serum (50uL serum (56°C for 30 min) (4) T. pallidum Immobilization Test (TPI)
REAGENT: cardiolipin, cholesterol, lecithin o Most specific for syphilis (Gold Standard)
ROTATOR: 180rpm for 4 min (serum VDRL) o PRINCIPLE: Ab produced against T. pallidum plus
RING DIAMETER: 14 mm (serum VDRL) complement can immobilize the live Treponemes.
ANTIGEN DELIVERY NEEDLE: o (+): >50% immobilized Treponemes
o Qualitative serum VDRL – gauge 18 needle o SOURCES: 1. Non-pathogenic Reiter stain
without bevel that will deliver 60 drops of 2. Pathogenic Nichol’s strain
antigen suspension/mL
o Quantitative serum VDRL – gauge 19 needle LABORATORY *Imunochromatographic method
that will deliver 75 drops of antigen
suspension per mL or gauge 23 needle Add 10uL of plasma or serum (20uL of blood)
with/without bevel that will deliver 100 drops Add 4 drops of assay diluent into the assay diluent well.
of saline/mL.
o CSF VDRL – gauge 21 0r 22 needle that will INTERPRETATION:
deliver 100 drops/mL
Interpret test results in 5-20 minutes after adding the assay
o REPORTING diluent. Do not read test results after 20 minutes. Reading too
Nonreactive – no clumps late can give false results.
Weakly reactive – small clumps
Reactive – medium or large clumps
FALSE (+) includes Charity Rojas. | L.M