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. 2005 Jun;43(6):2973-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2973-2975.2005.

Molecular diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum in patients with genital ulcer disease

Patrick D J Sturm  1 , Prashini Moodley, Keshnie Govender, Louise Bohlken, Trusha Vanmali, A Willem Sturm
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Molecular diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum in patients with genital ulcer disease

Patrick D J Sturm et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

The detection of herpes, chancroid, and syphilis in genital ulcers is done by PCR. This is not so for lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). We report on the use of a PCR with digestion that differentiates the LGV biovar from the trachoma biovar. Our findings suggest that the clinical description of LGV in current textbooks is incomplete.

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Gel electrophoresis of PCR products of specimens investigated for the presence of Chlamydia species by CrP-PCR-D. Lane 1, molecular weight marker; lane 10, undigested 552-bp product; lanes 2 and 9, digested products (280 and 272 bp) of C. trachomatis, LGV genotype (seen as one line); lanes 4 through 6, digested products (280, 195, and 77 bp) of C. trachomatis, urogenital genotype.
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