Real-time polymerase chain reaction to diagnose lymphogranuloma venereum

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Aug;11(8):1311-2. doi: 10.3201/eid1108.050535.

Authors

Servaas A Morré, Joke Spaargaren, Johannes S A Fennema, Henry J C de Vries, Roel A Coutinho, A Salvador Peña

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / chemistry
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
Chlamydia trachomatis / genetics
Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Homosexuality
Humans
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / diagnosis*
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / microbiology
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
DNA, Bacterial
PmpH protein, Chlamydia trachomatis