Description
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.
