Comparison of non-treponemal RPR tests for syphilis detection
| HBI HiSens Auto RPR test | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| BD Macro-Vue RPR card | Positive | 32 | 22* |
| Negative | 2† | 56 | |
| Number of observed agreements: 88 (78.6% of the observations) | |||
| κ=0.565 | |||
| 95% CI 0.422 to 0.709 | |||
*20 cases were positive and 2 cases (Nos 1 and 2 in table 2) were negative in the TPPA test.
†The 2 cases (Nos 3 and 4 in table 2) were negative in the TPPA test.
RPR, rapid plasma reagin; TPPA, Treponema pallidum particle agglutination.