1984
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.19.6.789-793.1984
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Comparative evaluation of commercial fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorbed test kits

Abstract: We describe a comparative evaluation of commercial fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorbed test kits, using 150 selected patient sera. The ability of the test kits to detect reactive sera varied from 82.5 to 95%; that for nonreactive sera varied from 80.9 to 96.4%. Reproducibility of reactive and nonreactive results, measured by between-assay and within-assay studies, averaged 42%. The results showed substantial variation in performance characteristics among the kits, with important clinical implications for … Show more

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