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7963734

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
A multicenter study compared ligase chain reaction (LCR) of Chlamydia trachomatis plasmid DNA with culture of urethral swab specimens from 542 men (study A); a second study (B) compared LCR of first-void urine (FVU) with urethral swab cultures from 1043 men. Discordant results were resolved with direct fluorescent antibody staining of sediments from the FVU or urethral culture specimen and with a second LCR directed against a fragment of the major outer membrane protein gene. Test performance was calculated on the basis of an expanded reference standard. The LCR plasmid assay had a sensitivity of 98.0% in study A and 93.5% in study B; specificity was 99.8%-100%. The sensitivity of culturing urethral swabs from all study sites was 68.2% (range by sites, 40.0%-84.6%). The presence or absence of urethral symptoms did not alter the results. Use of this LCR test should allow more meaningful investigation and treatment of C. trachomatis infections in men.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
170
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1308-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis urethral infection in symptomatic and asymptomatic men by testing first-void urine in a ligase chain reaction assay.
pubmed:affiliation
McMaster University Regional Virology, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Multicenter Study