Comparison of Urethral Swabs, Urine, and Urinary Sediment for the Isolation of Chlamydia
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 2 (2), 134-135
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.2.2.134-135.1975
Abstract
In 70 male patients with urethritis, Chlamydia was recovered from 18 urethral swabs (26%), 5 urinary sediments (7%), and 3 urine specimens (4%). All Chlamydia isolates were recovered from urethral swabs.Keywords
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