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FALSE POSITIVE SYPHILIS SEROLOGY (WR / VDRL) |
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transient / acute false positive reaction [< 6 months; biological false positive]: |
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infections: |
EBV hepatitis A mumps yaws and pinta varicella-zoster viral pneumonia mycoplasma |
measles subacute bacterial endocarditis leptospirosis herpes simplex filariasis malaria trypanosomiasis |
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immunisation against typhoid or yellow fever |
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persistent false positive [> 6 months]: |
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autoimmune diseases: |
systemic lupus erythematosus rheumatoid arthritis Sjögren's syndrome autoimmune haemolytic anaemia autoimmune thyroiditis / Hashimoto's 1° antiphospholipid syndrome |
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other: |
leprosy pregnancy old age malignancy malnutrition drug addiction chronic active hepatitis / cirrhosis |
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