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ENDOCRINE DISEASES - Coggle Diagram

- - - - HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV1, HSV2) -> GENITAL HERPES
        
        tests
        
        HSV antibodies - blood test
        
        presence of antibodies is not a definitive diagnosis
        
        PCR (ulcerative swab)
      - CHANCROID (HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI)
    - - tests
        
        RPR, FTA and TPPA blood test
        
        rapid plasma reagent - non specific test
        
        search for cardiolipin antibodies
        
        treponema pallidum particle agglutination
        
        fluorescent treponemal antibody
        
        dark ground microscopy - lesion swab (i.e. somewhere you think syphilis might be found)
        
        fluorescent component?
      - treponema pallidum (spirochaete)