PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J R Willcox
AU  - P G Fisk
AU  - J Barrow
AU  - D Barlow
TI  - The need for a chlamydial culture service.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.55.4.281
DP  - 1979 Aug 01
TA  - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
PG  - 281--283
VI  - 55
IP  - 4
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/4/281.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/4/281.full
SO  - Br J Vener Dis1979 Aug 01; 55
AB  - In a prospective study of unselected, female patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic one in eight patients would have been errouneously declared free of infection in the absence of a chlamydial culture service. Chlamydia trachomatis is now accepted as a causative organism of non-specific urethritis and post-gonococcal urethritis in men and non-specific genital infection in women. Thus, facilities for isolation of C. trachomatis should be an essential aid in the management of women attending STD clinics. Male patients would also benefit if such facilities were readily available.