scholarly journals Rapid plasma reagin (RPR) card test. A screening method for treponemal disease.

1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-262
Author(s):  
A N Walker
Keyword(s):  
Screening Method ◽  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Treponemal Disease ◽  
Card Test

PEDIATRIC USE OF THE RAPID PLASMA REAGIN (CIRCLE) CARD TEST

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-443
Author(s):  
John C. Herweg ◽  
F. Donald Hoffmann ◽  
Charles A. Reed
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Congenital Syphilis ◽  
Screening Method ◽  
The United States ◽  
Infants And Children ◽  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Twofold Increase ◽  
Serologic Testing ◽  
Pediatric Use ◽  
Card Test

In the United States, in 1966, 370 infants under 1 year of age were reported as having congenital syphilis. This is a twofold increase since 1957. Despite this fact, routine serologic testing for syphilis is not done on most infants and children hospitalized in the United States. For use in those institutions where routine serologic testing for syphilis is felt to be desirable, the Rapid Plasma Reagin (Circle) Card Test has been found to be a simple, practical, and inexpensive screening method.

scholarly journals Qualitative evaluation of the reagin screen test

1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
D A Black ◽  
P E Ray ◽  
B L Therrell
Keyword(s):  
False Negative ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Screen Test ◽  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Disease Research ◽  
Procedural Training ◽  
Slide Test ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Card Test ◽  
Total Agreement

After a preliminary study of 557 sera used as a procedural training exercise, the Reagin screen test (RST) for the macroscopic detection of reagin (as an aid to detecting syphilis) was qualitatively compared to the rapid plasma Reagin (RPR) (circle) card test and Veneral Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) slide test on 435 random portions of sera using fluorescent treponemal antibody adsorption (FTA-ABS) results as a comparative base. A comparison of total agreement (positive and negative) with the FTA-ABS results led to the following order. RPRCT (I5.5%), VDRL (79.8%), and RST (74.5%). Of the total samples shown to be reactive by the FTA-ABS procedure, the percentage of these interpreted as nonreactive (i.e., "false negative") by the procedures compared was considerably higher with the RST procedure (29.3%) than with either the RPRCT (10.9%) or the VDRL (7.1%) procedures. Minor problems encountered with procedural techniques are also mentioned.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Rapid Plasma Reagin (Circle) Card Test

1964 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia H. Falcone ◽  
Genevieve W. Stout ◽  
M. Brittain Moore, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Card Test

scholarly journals Comparison of an automated rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test with the conventional RPR card test in syphilis testing

BMJ Open ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. e005664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Han Lee ◽  
Chae Seung Lim ◽  
Min-Geol Lee ◽  
Hyon-Suk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Syphilis Testing ◽  
Card Test

scholarly journals Evaluation of NCS rapid plasma reagin card test, a new screening kit for syphilis.

1989 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-189
Author(s):  
G S Fischer ◽  
M T Colavita ◽  
W I Sweimler ◽  
B Kleger
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Card Test

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Rapid Plasma Reagin “Teardrop” Card Test for Screening of Syphilis in Field Conditions

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDDY VAN DYCK ◽  
LUC VAN DE VELDEN ◽  
C BlOL ◽  
IBRAHIM NDOYE ◽  
PETER PIOT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Conditions ◽  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Card Test

scholarly journals Syphla-Chek: a qualitative study

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-595
Author(s):  
P E Dziuk ◽  
D A Black ◽  
B L Therrell
Keyword(s):  
Venereal Disease ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Rapid Plasma Reagin ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Antibody Absorption ◽  
Texas Department ◽  
Slide Test ◽  
Card Test

A qualitative evaluation of the newly marketed Syphla-Chek Test (Hyland, Div. of Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Costa Mesa, Calif.), a macroscopically read, nontreponemal card test, was undertaken in order to further evaluate the validity of this procedure as an aid in the diagnosis of syphilis. A total of 1,074 randomly selected sera submitted to the Texas Department of Health Resources for routine analysis, for confirmational analysis, and as a result of problems in analysis, were examined using the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) slide test, the Rapid Plasma Reagin (circle) Card Test (RPRCT), Syphla-Chek Test, and the fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS) test. Comparison of the reagin testing procedures studied versus the FTA-ABS procedure led to the following order of agreement with FTA-ABS reactive results: Syphla-Chek, 88.8%; RPRCT, 87.1%; and VDRL, 83.2%. Agreement with FTA-ABS nonreactive results was in order: RPRCT, 86.7%; Syphla-Chek, 79.6%; and VDRL, 78.7%. The relatively few minor procedural problems encountered with the Syphla-Chek Test during this study are also discussed.

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