Is a test of cure necessary following treatment for cervical infection with Chlamydia trachomatis?
| Autor: | D Rowen, Angela Robinson, G Mumtaz, D E Mercey, G.L. Ridgway, J S Bingham, K W Radcliffe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Sexually transmitted disease
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Erythromycin Chlamydia trachomatis Oxytetracycline Dermatology medicine.disease_cause Immunoenzyme Techniques Uterine Cervical Diseases Internal medicine medicine Humans Chlamydiaceae Cervix biology business.industry Chlamydia Infections biology.organism_classification Surgery Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Doxycycline Chlamydiales Test of cure Female business Research Article medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Sexually Transmitted Infections. 66:444-446 |
| ISSN: | 1368-4973 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/sti.66.6.444 |
| Popis: | Tests of cure (TOC) were performed on specimens from 106 women following treatment for chlamydial infection of the cervix. 91 women attended for the first TOC with enzyme immunoassay (EIA) within one week of finishing antibiotics. Three were EIA positive, 88 were EIA negative. These three women were subsequently EIA and culture negative although they received no further antibiotics. Ninety women returned for the second TOC with EIA and culture between seven and 27 days after completing treatment. All the results were negative. Routine TOC is unnecessary following appropriate antichlamydial therapy. If TOC is indicated antigen-detection methods should not be used immediately after finishing antibiotics as misleading positive results may be obtained. EIA or culture at one week or later after treatment is reliable. |
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