Title
Pilot study of COBAS PCR and ligase chain reaction for detection of rectal infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis
Date Issued
01 May 2003
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Golden M.
Astete S.
Galvan R.
Sanchez J.
Celum C.
Whittington W.
Stamm W.
Holmes K.
Totten P.
Publisher(s)
American Society for Microbiology
Abstract
We tested rectal specimens from men who have sex with men for Chlamydia trachomatis by using COBAS PCR (Roche Diagnostics) and ligase chain reaction LCR (Abbott laboratories) and compared three PCR specimen-processing procedures. Chlamydiae were detected by one or more procedures in 22 of 186 specimens. All three PCR tests were positive for 17 specimens, all of which also tested positive by LCR.
Start page
2174
End page
2175
Volume
41
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
BiologÃa celular, MicrobiologÃa
Enfermedades infecciosas
Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos polÃticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica)
InmunologÃa
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0038627926
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
ISSN of the container
0095-1137
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases K23AI001846
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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