What does Chlamydia trachomatis detection in a urogenital specimen from a young child mean?

Philip M Giffard^{1

2}, Gurmeet Singh^{3

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5}, Suzanne M Garland^{6

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Affiliations

¹ Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
² School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
³ Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Darwin), Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
⁴ Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
⁵ Northern Territory Medical Program, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
⁶ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁹ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial

Philip M Giffard et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;93(4):236-237.

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052473. Epub 2016 Apr 15.

Philip M Giffard^{1

2}, Gurmeet Singh^{3

4

5}, Suzanne M Garland^{6

7

8

9}

¹ Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
² School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
³ Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Darwin), Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
⁴ Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
⁵ Northern Territory Medical Program, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
⁶ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁹ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: CHILDREN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRACHOMA.

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