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Conventional tissue culture compared with rapid immunofluorescence for identifying Chlamydia trachomatis in specimens from patients attending a genitourinary clinic.
  1. E L Teare,
  2. C Sexton,
  3. F Lim,
  4. T McManus,
  5. A H Cuttley,
  6. J Hodgson

    Abstract

    Specimens collected from 182 patients with histories suggesting chlamydial disease were examined by conventional culture and direct immunofluorescence techniques. Chlamydia trachomatis was identified by both methods in 57% of all patients. There was no significant difference between the two methods in detecting C trachomatis. Where a tissue culture service is not already established, cost analysis in individual departments may justify the use of the immunofluorescence method.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.61.6.379

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