Abstract
The management of the ongoing lymphogranuloma venereum epidemic in industrialized Western countries caused by Chlamydia trachomatis variant L2b still needs improvements in diagnosis, therapy and prevention. We therefore developed the first rapid C. trachomatis variant L2b-specific polymerase chain reaction to circumvent laborious ompA gene sequencing.
© 2011 The Authors. Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2011 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Publication types
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Evaluation Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
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Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
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Base Sequence
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Chlamydia trachomatis / classification*
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Chlamydia trachomatis / genetics
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Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification*
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Cross Reactions
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DNA Primers / genetics
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Europe
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Humans
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Lymphogranuloma Venereum / diagnosis*
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Lymphogranuloma Venereum / microbiology*
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Male
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Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Sequence Alignment
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
Substances
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
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DNA Primers
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PmpH protein, Chlamydia trachomatis
Associated data
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GENBANK/EF534758
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GENBANK/EF612788