Serologic false-positive reactions for syphilis in children of adenoidal hypertrophy:2 case reports and review of the literature

Acta Clinica Belgica
Wei WangJianfeng Luan

Abstract

Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is a common disease in children. We describe two cases of AH in children with syphilis enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA) for false-positive. To our knowledge, there are few reports of false-positive in syphilis EIA in children with AH. Two cases of AH children with syphilis EIA positive samples were confirmed by TPPA and LIA, both showed negative reaction. Therefore, the occurrence of syphilis EIA positive reactions in such diseases should dramatically arouse the attention of docimasters and doctors so as to avoid misdiagnosis caused by false-positive in children with AH.

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