Note: Kinetics of Chlamydia trachomatis Clearance in Patients With Azithromycin, as Assessed by First Void Urine Testing by PCR and Transcription-Mediated Amplification
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Vol. 25 (7) , 366-367
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007435-199808000-00008
Abstract
Test-of-cure of 19 patients withChlamydia trachomatisgenital infection was assessed by daily collection of first void urine for 7 days just after treatment by azithromycin single-dose. Detection by PCR and TMA ofC. trachomatisshowed a good correlation between both methods. The observation that post-therapy chlamydial nucleic acid detection is associated to bacterial clearance suggests that all the patients were cured.Keywords
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