-transparent.png){kind=logo}
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of colloidal gold probes widely used in histochemistry and electronic microscopy for the serologic diagnosis of syphilis. METHODS One hundred eighty-nine sera which had been submitted to the traditional fluorescent trigenemic absorption (FTA-ABS) test and had later been tested with the new colloidal gold probe method (IAT-ABS). RESULTS Out of a total of 103 positive samples by FTA-ABS all were positive when tested by gold immunoprobes (sensitivity 100%). Eighty-six samples which were negative by immunofluorescence were all negative by IAT-ABS (specificity 100%). CONCLUSIONS The new method of colloidal gold probes with the current microscopy is useful for confirming serologic diagnosis of syphilis.
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
January 1953,
Higijena; casopis za higijenu, mikrobiologiju, epidemiologiju i sanitarnu tehniku,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
May 2010,
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
November 2010,
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
August 1993,
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
January 1984,
Developments in biological standardization,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
March 1916,
The Journal of experimental medicine,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
January 1985,
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950),
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
October 1982,
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. 1. Abt. Originale A, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitologie = International journal of microbiology and hygiene. A, Medical microbiology, infectious...,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
May 2016,
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis,
J D Burgos, and
M Mendoza, and
J Vinasco, and
R Hernández
January 1979,
Sexually transmitted diseases,
