Effect of swab type and storage temperature on the isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis from clinical specimens
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 22 (5), 865-867
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.22.5.865-867.1985
Abstract
We evaluated various swabs for the recovery of Chlamydia trachomatis and found that only 7 of 14 swabs tested resulted in a greater than 50% recovery of organisms. Storage of chlamydial specimens at 4.degree. C for more than 1 day resulted in a rapid loss of viability, whereas freezing of specimens at -70.degree. C resulted in only a marginal decrease in the isolation rate.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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