Correlation between culture testing of swabs and ligase chain reaction of first void urine from patients recently treated for Chlamydia trachomatis

Sex Transm Infect. 2003 Jun;79(3):237-9. doi: 10.1136/sti.79.3.237.

Abstract

We assessed the correlation between ligase chain reaction (LCR) on first void urine (FVU) and cultures of urethral and cervical swabs to detect chlamydia during three post-treatment follow up visits for 10 men and 19 women with genital chlamydial infections who had been treated with azithromycin or doxcycline.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Azithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Bacteriuria / diagnosis
  • Bacteriuria / urine
  • Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Chlamydia Infections / drug therapy
  • Chlamydia Infections / urine
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Ligase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Ligase Chain Reaction / standards*
  • Male
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / standards
  • Recurrence
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Specimen Handling

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Azithromycin
  • Doxycycline