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FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY TEST [1 record]

Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Bacterial Diseases
DEF

A test for specific antitreponemal antibodies in the serum of a patient who has had syphilis.

OBS

After the serum is incubated with a slide preparation of fixed treponemal organisms, a fluorescence-labeled antiglobulin serum is added to demonstrate whether antibodies have attached to the organisms.

OBS

fluorescent treponemal antibody test; FTA test: These terms appear under "test" in the International dictionary of medicine and biology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Maladies bactériennes
OBS

L'acronyme «FTA» vient de l'anglais «fluorescent treponemal antibody». Le test FTA permet de détecter par immunofluorescence la présence dans le sérum sanguin d'anticorps dirigés contre les tréponèmes, qui comprennent notamment la bactérie responsable de la syphilis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Enfermedades bacterianas
OBS

Anticuerpo fluorescente al Treponema, por sus siglas en inglés: "Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody". Examen específico para detectar al Treponema pallidum, agente causal de la sífilis.

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