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Descriptor English: Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test
Descriptor Spanish: Prueba de Absorción de Anticuerpos Fluorescentes de Treponema
Descriptor prueba de absorción de anticuerpos fluorescentes del treponema
Entry term(s) prueba FTA-ABS
Scope note: Pruebas serológicas que detectan anticuerpos de Treponema pallidum, el agente etiológico de la sífilis. Tras diluir el suero del paciente para eliminar los anticuerpos inespecíficos, se mezcla el suero en una placa de vidrio con la cepa Nichol del Treponema pallidum. Si la prueba es positiva se produce una reacción antígeno-anticuerpo y los anticuerpos unidos se detectan con anticuerpos antigammaglobulina humana fluoresceinados.
Descriptor Portuguese: Teste de Absorção do Anticorpo Treponêmico Fluorescente
Descriptor French: Test FTA-ABS
Entry term(s): FTA ABS Test
FTA-ABS Test
FTA-ABS Tests
Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption Test
Test, FTA-ABS
Tests, FTA-ABS
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.812.735.850.200
E05.200.812.735.850.200
E05.478.594.760.850.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016508
Scope note: Serologic assay that detects antibodies to Treponema pallidum, the etiologic agent of syphilis. After diluting the patient's serum to remove non-specific antibodies, the serum is mixed on a glass slide with Nichol's strain of Treponema pallidum. An antigen-antibody reaction occurs if the test is positive and the bound antibodies are detected with fluoresceinated antihuman gamma-globulin antibody.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Syphilis Serodiagnosis (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30099
Unique ID: D016508
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/02
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test - Preferred
Concept UI M0025201
Scope note Serologic assay that detects antibodies to Treponema pallidum, the etiologic agent of syphilis. After diluting the patient's serum to remove non-specific antibodies, the serum is mixed on a glass slide with Nichol's strain of Treponema pallidum. An antigen-antibody reaction occurs if the test is positive and the bound antibodies are detected with fluoresceinated antihuman gamma-globulin antibody.
Preferred term Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test
Entry term(s) FTA ABS Test
FTA-ABS Test
FTA-ABS Tests
Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption Test
Test, FTA-ABS
Tests, FTA-ABS



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