Journal article
Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections by cell culture and two enzyme immunoassays detecting different chlamydial antigens
Abstract
The enzyme-amplified immunoassay IDEIA (CellTech Diagnostics), which measures lipopolysaccharide antigen, and Chlamydiazyme (Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.), which measures several antigenic components of Chlamydia trachomatis, were compared for specimens from urethral swabs from 235 men attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases (culture prevalence of 14.9%) and 458 endocervical swabs from women attending planned parenthood …
Authors
Mahony J; Castriciano S; Sellors J; Stewart I; Cunningham I; Landis S; Seidelman W; Grant L; Devlin C; Chernesky M
Journal
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 1934–1938
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date
September 1989
DOI
10.1128/jcm.27.9.1934-1938.1989
ISSN
0095-1137