Awake Praneet, Angadi Kalpana, Sen Sourav, Bhadange Prasad
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Microbiology, Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS. 2022 Jul-Dec;43(2):183-185. doi: 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_43_22. Epub 2022 Nov 17.
Prozone phenomenon is defined as a false-negative response resulting from higher antibody titer which interferes with formation of antigen-antibody lattice, necessary to visualize a positive flocculation test. The prozone effect can be observed in syphilis testing with cases of very high antibody titers, such as secondary syphilis, or with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection. We report two cases of prozone phenomenon in secondary syphilis with HIV co-infection who initially tested nonreactive for rapid plasma reagin test but tested positive with further higher dilution.
前带现象被定义为由于抗体滴度较高导致的假阴性反应,这种高抗体滴度会干扰抗原 - 抗体晶格的形成,而抗原 - 抗体晶格的形成是使絮凝试验呈阳性所必需的。在前带效应可在梅毒检测中观察到,如在二期梅毒等抗体滴度非常高的病例中,或在合并人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染的情况下。我们报告了两例合并HIV感染的二期梅毒患者出现前带现象的病例,这些患者最初快速血浆反应素试验结果为阴性,但进一步进行更高稀释度检测后呈阳性。