Description
Chlamydia/Neisseria gonorrhoeae RNA, TMA, Urogenital - C. trachomatis infections are the leading cause of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. C. trachomatis is known to cause cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), epididymitis and proctitis. It is also the most frequent cause of non-gonococcal urethritis in men.
Among women, the consequences of Chlamydial infections are severe if left untreated. Approximately half of Chlamydial infections are asymptomatic.Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococci) is the causative agent of gonorrhea. In men, this disease generally results in anterior urethritis accompanied by purulent exudate. In women, the disease is most often found in the cervix, but the vagina and uterus may also be infected.
Chlamydia is caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium, a bacterium that can spread through the sharing of sexual fluids, typically through anal, oral, or vaginal sex. Both men and women are susceptible to chlamydia infections, though it tends to infect more women age 14 - 24.Gonorrhea is caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This bacteria is spread through the exchange of sexual fluids, most often through vaginal, anal, and oral sex.
RPR (Monitor) with Reflex to Titer - This is a non-treponemal screening test for syphilis. False positive results may occur due to systemic lupus erythematosus, leprosy, brucellosis, atypical pneumonia, typhus, yaws, pinta, or pregnancy. Monitoring of RPR is helpful in assessing effectiveness of therapy.
Syphilis is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacteria T. Pallidum (Treponema pallidum). The disease can be cured with antibiotics if identified during the first two stages of syphilis, and it can become increasingly difficult to cure in its late stages.
We use a Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test to screen for syphilis. The RPR test searches for antibodies to the substances given off by cells when a syphilis infection damages them. The presence of these antibodies indicates if you have a syphilis infection or not. We not only look for the presence of these antibodies, but we provide you with the concentrated amount of antibodies found.
Syphilis is infamous for being difficult to diagnose without testing. This is because syphilis rarely displays symptoms, and even if it does, they can be so mild that it is easy to confuse it with other things. The symptoms will also come and go, but syphilis will never cure itself.Syphilis has three stages: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
