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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
Characteristic and Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Satoshi Takahashi |
| Affiliation |
Department of infection control and laboratory medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 28 (2), 77-82, 2018 |
| Received |
January 9, 2018 |
| Accepted |
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| Abstract |
Chlamydia trachomatis is major pathogen of sexually transmitted infections, and male urethritis and cervicitis are typical diseases. Isolation and culture of C. trachomatis for diagnosis need a lot of time and effort for clinical laboratory test in real life clinical practice. Then, C. trachomatis antigen detection test was developed and widely spread. When molecular technology became popular, nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) has vigorously replaced antibody detection test. NAT has advantages of high sensitivity, high specificity and less invasive manner to obtain the clinical samples, especially in the male patients with urethritis. We can use NAT test kit of 5 different test kits to diagnose C. trachomatis infection and each test show almost identical performance in clinical practice. Now, rapid detection test kit using NAT has been developing and we can obtain the results for diagnosis within 90 minutes. Near future, we will be able to inform the precise diagnosis to patients and treat patients by reasonable regimen at the day of the first medical examination. |
| Keywords |
Chlamydia trachomatis |
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