Detection of <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> in Pregnant Women by the Papanicolaou Technique, Enzyme Immunoassay and Polymerase Chain Reaction

Does bacterial vaginosis alter the sensitivity of screening tests for Chlamydia trachomatis? An analysis of patient characteristics

“…There is evidence that pregnancy may adversely affect the sensitivity of EIA 10 . Only four women were pregnant so this could not be con® rmed.…”

Combined screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and squamous intra-epithelial lesions using a single liquid-based cervical sample

“…The combined screening of CT cervicitis and SIL with a single cervical sample has already been studied (Rantala and Kivinen, 1998;Banuelos Panuco et al, 2000). The first method for CT screening was based on the cytological detection of chlamydial intracytoplasmic inclusions using the Papanicolaou staining technique (Banuelos Panuco et al, 2000).…”

“…The combined screening of CT cervicitis and SIL with a single cervical sample has already been studied (Rantala and Kivinen, 1998;Banuelos Panuco et al, 2000). The first method for CT screening was based on the cytological detection of chlamydial intracytoplasmic inclusions using the Papanicolaou staining technique (Banuelos Panuco et al, 2000). However, cytological detection of CT in cervical smears remained unsatisfactory due to the difficulty of differentiating real nebular chlamydial inclusions from other intracytoplasmic inclusions.…”

Diagnosis of chlamydial infection

“…u odnosu na PCr (od engl. polimerase chain reaction) kao referentni metod komercijalno dostupni enzimski imunoeseji za detekciju hlamidijalnih antigena pokazuju visoku specifičnost (97%) uz nisku senzitivnost (60%-75%) (8,23). u odabiru testova za detekciju hlamidijalne infekcije, pored dijagnostičke tačnosti, veoma je bitna i brzina izvođenja testa i dobijanja rezultata radi blagovremenog iniciranja lečenja.…”