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Comparative Study
. 1987 Sep;25(9):1774-5.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.9.1774-1775.1987.

Test-of-cure analysis by direct immunofluorescence for Chlamydia trachomatis after antimicrobial therapy

I Nachamkin  1 , K Sawyer, D Skalina, G W Crooks, R Ciotti, S J Sondheimer
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Comparative Study

Test-of-cure analysis by direct immunofluorescence for Chlamydia trachomatis after antimicrobial therapy

I Nachamkin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1987 Sep.

Abstract

The direct immunofluorescence assay (DFA) was compared with culture for test-of-cure analysis for Chlamydia trachomatis in patients 7 to 10 days after antimicrobial therapy was given. DFA test-of-cure results correlated with culture results in 79.5% of 39 patients. Of DFA-negative patients, 97% had negative cultures. Six of seven patients with borderline DFA results had negative culture results.

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