POST LAB EXPERIMENT 10 Flashcards
TST:
Direct Microscopic: Darkfield Microscopy, Fluorescent antibody testing, MHA-TP or Serodia TP- PA, DNA probe
NTT:
VDRL, RPR, TRUST
• Detects antibody to cardiolipin
Non-treponemal tests (NTT)
• Determine the presence of reagin
Non-treponemal tests (NTT)
• False positive results are common
Non-treponemal tests (NTT)
Non-treponemal tests (NTT)
• Antigen: (?)-used to detect the nontreponemal reaginic antibodies:
IgG or IgM class
cholesterol, lecithin, cardiolipin
• Based on flocculation reactions
Non-treponemal tests (NTT)
• NTTs are positive within (?) after the appearance of primary chancre.
1 to 4 weeks
Non-treponemal tests (NTT)
• Secondary stage-
False negative
• Titers decline in later stages
Non-treponemal tests (NTT)
• Both a qualitative and quantitative slide flocculation test for serum, and CSF
VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory)
• Serum: heated at (?) to inactivate complement and (?) is pipetted into ceramic ring of a glass slide.
56C for 30 minutes
0.05 mL
• Sera and patient samples are spread out to fill the entire ring
VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory)
• (?) of the VDRL antigen is then added to each ring.
One drop
VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory)
• Rotated for (?) on a rotator at (?)
4 minutes
180 rpm
Qualitative Serum VDRL:
18-gauge needle without bevel that will deliver 60 drops of antigen suspension per mL; Ring: 14mm
Quantitative Serum VDRL:
19-gauge needle without bevel that will deliver
75 drops of antigen suspension per mL
23-gauge needle that with or without bevel will deliver
100 drops of saline per mL
Ring: 14mm
• CSF VDRL:
21- or 22-gauge needle that will deliver
100 drops per mL
Ring: 16 mm
Read microscopically to determine the presence of flocculation or small clumps
VDRL
: the antigen volume used is less than the serum test and is at a different concentration
CSF
MAIN REACTING COMPONENT
CARDIOLOIPIN
•-ENHANCES THE REACTING SURFACE OF CARDIOLOIPIN
CHOLESTEROL
•-REMOVES THE ANTIC’ ACTIVITY OF CARDIOLOIPIN
LECITHIN
VDRL
• THE ANTIGEN IS CONSISTS OF
CARDIOLIPIN
CHOLESTEROL
LECITHIN
0.03%
0.9%
0.21%
-involves macroscopic agglutination
• Modified VDRL
RPR
• Cardiolipin containing antigen suspension is bound to charcoal particles
RPR