1. [Significance and problems of Chlamydia detection in urologic patients].
- Author
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Krech T, Gerhard-Fsadni D, Miller SM, and Hofmann N
- Subjects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Bacteriological Techniques, Chlamydia trachomatis immunology, Epididymitis diagnosis, Female, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Humans, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Infertility, Male diagnosis, Male, Prostatitis diagnosis, Uterine Cervicitis diagnosis, Chlamydia Infections diagnosis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases diagnosis, Urethritis diagnosis
- Abstract
Chlamydiae represent the aetiological agent in non-gonococcal urethritis in about 50% of the cases, but it is also increasingly recognized that Chlamydia trachomatis can cause prostatitis or epididymitis. The introduction of methods for the direct detection of chlamydia in clinical materials allows early diagnosis and therefore effective antibiotic therapy. The new tests however give both false positive and false negative results.
- Published
- 1986