Evaluation of between-assay consistency among laboratory testing methods for neurosyphilis: a systematic review

Xu Zhang, Fang-Zhi Du, Qian-Qiu Wang, Rui-Li Zhang What is the gold standard of neurosyphilis diagnosis? A classic question that has confused us for a long time. In our research, we found that cerebrospinal fluid reactive plasma regain and cerebrospinal fluid toluidine red serum unheated test were highly consistent with cerebrospinal fluid venereal disease research laboratory tests, which indicated that they may constitute substitute methods towards the laboratory diagnosis of neurosyphilis. It will be an effective and economical alternative until we finally find the true gold standard methods.
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