The usefulness of Chlamydia testpack for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in genito-urinary tract
Iwasa, T.; Fujiwara, S.; Seo, K.; Usui, T.; Sumii, T.; Fujii, M.; Nagaoka, S.; Nakano, H.; Tanaka, H.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica 35(10): 1721-1724
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1994 PMID: 2692436 Document Number: 339949
A comparative study between Chlamydia Testpack and Chlamydiazyme for the detection of chlamydial antigen was performed. In 61 cases suspected of being chlamydial infection, Chlamydia Testpack had a specificity of 92% and a sensitivity of 88% when compared with Chlamydiazyme. On the result of study using Chlamydia trachomatis serotype B, the sensitivity of Chlamydia Testpack which had a lower limit of 6 x 10(4)/ml of EB was less than that of Chlamydiazyme which had a lower limit of 0.7 x 10(4). However, the large number of EB presented in almost all positive specimen, indicated that Chlamydia Testpack could be used to screen the clinical materials.