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ArticleISRN obstetrics and gynecology2011

Molecular Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis in the United States.

April L Harkins, Erik Munson

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Article in ISRN obstetrics and gynecology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in females in São Paulo, Brazil: 11 years' surveillance of the infection.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023
    Article
  3. Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections in the era of genomic medicine.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2021
    Review
  4. Molecular detection of CF lung pathogens: current status and future potential.Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2013
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

April L HarkinsDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
Erik Munson

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlamydia, with its Chlamydia trachomatis etiology, is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the United States and is often transmitted via asymptomatic individuals. This review summarizes traditional and molecular-based diagnostic modalities specific to C. trachomatis. Several commercially available, FDA-approved molecular methods to diagnose urogenital C. trachomatis infection include nucleic acid hybridization, signal amplification, polymerase chain reaction, strand displacement amplification, and transcription-mediated amplification. Molecular-based methods are rapid and reliable genital specimen screening measures, especially when applied to areas of high disease prevalence. However, clinical and analytical sensitivity for some commercial systems decreases dramatically when testing urine samples. In vitro experiments and clinical data suggest that transcription-mediated amplification has greater analytical sensitivity than the other molecular-based methods currently available. This difference may be further exhibited in testing of extragenital specimens from at-risk patient demographics. The development of future molecular testing could address conundrums associated with confirmatory testing, medicolegal testing, and test of cure.

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PMID21822498
PMCPMC3148448

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