Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay With Urine Specimens in the Diagnosis of Acute Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Women

R. Pasternack; A. Mustila; P. Vuorinen; P. K. Heinonen; A. Miettinen

doi:10.1155/S1064744996000531

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1996)

Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay With Urine Specimens in the Diagnosis of Acute Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Women

R. Pasternack,
A. Mustila,
P. Vuorinen,
P. K. Heinonen,
A. Miettinen

Affiliations

R. Pasternack: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Tampere University Hospital, Box 2000, Tampere FIN-33521, Finland
A. Mustila: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Tampere University Hospital, Box 2000, Tampere FIN-33521, Finland
P. Vuorinen: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Tampere University Hospital, Box 2000, Tampere FIN-33521, Finland
P. K. Heinonen: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
A. Miettinen: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Tampere University Hospital, Box 2000, Tampere FIN-33521, Finland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744996000531
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 5
pp. 276 – 280

Abstract

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits achievable by Amplicor polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland) with urine specimens in addition to PACE 2 (Gen-Probe, Inc., San Diego, California) assay with cervical swab specimens in the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in women.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/idog/

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