Is one swab enough to detect chlamydial infection of the cervix?
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vol. 60 (6), 384-386
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.60.6.384
Abstract
Three swabs were taken from the cervix of each of 104 women for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. The processing of 3 swabs instead of 1 increased the isolation rate by only 2%, and later swabs did not result in the production of more chlamydial inclusions than first swabs. In most clinics, therefore, a single cervical swabs is adequate to detect chlamydial infection.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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