Venereal Disease Laboratory Test of the Cerebrospinal Fluid - VDRL Test

What do the test results mean?

In a healthy person, the test is negative. This means that no antibodies to the organism that causes Treponema pallidum\ bacteria. Less often, syphilis is transmitted from a pregnant woman to her baby. This form of syphilis is known as \congenital syphilis.\ ',CAPTION,'Syphilis');" onmouseout="return nd();">syphilis are found. If the test is positive, then antibodies were found. That means that the person has neurosyphilis. Neurosyphilis is a serious, late stage of syphilis that affects the central nervous system.