RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The need for a chlamydial culture service.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 281
OP 283
DO 10.1136/sti.55.4.281
VO 55
IS 4
A1 J R Willcox
A1 P G Fisk
A1 J Barrow
A1 D Barlow
YR 1979
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/4/281.abstract
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.