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2178993

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
A total number of 1358 patients were examined for genital infections with Chlamydia trachomatis. 252 urethral smears from men and 1106 cervical smears from women were obtained. The average age of infected patients was 24.8 years (females 24.1, males 27.7). The overall prevalence was 10.6% (females 10.0%, males 13.1%). At the age below 20 years, the prevalence was 21% for both women and men, and 25% when data were restricted to patients consulting general practitioners. Above that age the overall prevalence was lower in all age intervals, and higher among males than females. All samples were tested by the tissue-culture technique, and the results were confirmed by the IDEIA (Boots-Celltech) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit (EIA) for detection of C. trachomatis. The original smear was used for both culture and EIA. The EIA test was evaluated to have a sensitivity of 90.8% and a specificity of 95.4% when using a cut-off level of 0.05 mean extinction values (MEV), as described by the manufacturer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-2115
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
273-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Age and sex correlation of Chlamydia trachomatis infections evaluated by the culture technique and by an enzyme immunosorbent assay, IDEIA.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Arhus, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't