The usefulness of Chlamydia testpack for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in genito-urinary tract |
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| Authors: | T Iwasa S Fujiwara K Seo T Usui T Sumii M Fujii S Nagaoka H Nakano H Tanaka |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Urology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine. |
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| Abstract: | A comparative study between Chlamydia Testpack and Chlamydiazyme for the detection of chlamydial antigen was performed. In 61 cases suspected of being chlamydial infection, Chlamydia Testpack had a specificity of 92% and a sensitivity of 88% when compared with Chlamydiazyme. On the result of study using Chlamydia trachomatis serotype B, the sensitivity of Chlamydia Testpack which had a lower limit of 6 x 10(4)/ml of EB was less than that of Chlamydiazyme which had a lower limit of 0.7 x 10(4). However, the large number of EB presented in almost all positive specimen, indicated that Chlamydia Testpack could be used to screen the clinical materials. |
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