Article Text
Letter
Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium; is first void urine or genital swab best?
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In women the vulvovaginal swab has been established as the sample of choice for Chlamydia trachomatis.1 ,2 However, there is no consensus on the optimal sample for the detection of Mycoplasma genitalium.3–6
Since 2008, all attendees to Olafia Clinic (Department of Venereology, Oslo University Hospital) have routinely been screened for C. trachomatis and M. genitalium. Following the publication of international guidelines recommending the vulvovaginal swab for C. trachomatis screening,1 we discontinued dual collection of first void urine (FVU) and genital swab in women …