Evaluation of the fully automated AIX1000 rapid plasma reagin system compared to a manual plasma reagin testing method for the diagnosis of syphilis.

Alexander Pyden, Anthony D Kang, Sheryl Amato, Sanjucta Dutta, Gretchen Berg, Stefan Riedel

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2020 Aug

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The analytical performance of the FDA-cleared AIX1000 automated RPR testing platform was evaluated in comparison to manual RPR card testing. Eight hundred thirty-three patient serum samples were analyzed, 87 samples were positive by the AIX1000, 108 were positive by the manual test method; overall agreement between methods was 96.5% (κ = 0.83). Cases were further classified by clinical and laboratory-based confirmation of disease, to which reactivity rates were compared, yielding sensitivities of 96.4% and 100%, and specificities of 99.2% and 96.8% for the automated and manual RPR methods, respectively. The difference in specificity between methods was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Twenty-five of 29 samples with discordant results were reactive by manual testing (titers of 1:1 or 1:2); 21 of 25 patients with negative AIX100 results were identified to have histories of remote, treated syphilis. Overall, the AIX1000 platform demonstrated excellent agreement with the manual RPR method; discrepancies occurred with specimens at the threshold of reactivity. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Alexander Pyden, Anthony D Kang, Sheryl Amato, Sanjucta Dutta, Gretchen Berg, Stefan Riedel. Evaluation of the fully automated AIX1000 rapid plasma reagin system compared to a manual plasma reagin testing method for the diagnosis of syphilis. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2020 Aug;97(4):115081