Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Test for the Detection of Female Urogenital Chlamydial Infections

Harold C. Wiesenfeld; Michael Uhrin; Bruce  W. Dixon; Richard L. Sweet

doi:10.1155/S1064744994000050

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1994)

Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Test for the Detection of Female Urogenital Chlamydial Infections

Harold C. Wiesenfeld,
Michael Uhrin,
Bruce W. Dixon,
Richard L. Sweet

Affiliations

Harold C. Wiesenfeld: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Michael Uhrin: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Bruce W. Dixon: Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Richard L. Sweet: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744994000050
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 182 – 187

Abstract

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Amplicor Chlamydia trachomatis Test (Roche Molecular Systems, Branchburg, NJ), a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based technique, as a screening test for the detection of female urogenital C. trachomatis infections, comparing it to an enzyme immunoassay method.

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://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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