Open AccessAlternatives to the Cerebrospinal Fluid Venereal Disease Research Laboratory Test for Neurosyphilis Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Christina M. Marra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001450
Subject(s) - neurosyphilis , medicine , treponema , cerebrospinal fluid , syphilis , cxcl13 , csf albumin , sexually transmitted disease , pathology , immunology , chemokine , inflammation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , chemokine receptor
The diagnosis of neurosyphilis relies in large part on the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test, which is diagnostically specific but not sensitive.