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by yikesinma, Nov 08, 2009 10:47AM
Wondering what this means...I was told my first test was reactive so they used the "gold standard" test which provded negative...why would anything react in the first place can anyopne explain these results?
Syphilis
Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test with reflex to Quantitative RPR
RPR (Monitor) w/Refl Titer
FTA-ABS
non-reactive 1:1
NEGATIVE
Syphilis
Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test with reflex to Quantitative RPR
RPR (Monitor) w/Refl Titer
FTA-ABS
non-reactive 1:1
NEGATIVE
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The reason why they use a different test for confirmation is because it is more expensive and false positives are rare (but can happen).