Antigenic specificity of serological response in Chlamydia trachomatis urethritis detected by immunoblotting.
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Urethritis due to Chlamydia trachomatis.
Ninety-five men suffering from gonococcal urethritis were treated and observed. Forty-nine developed postgonococcal non-specific urethritis (PGU). Seventeen men were demonstrated to be free from PGU after careful observation; these formed a control group. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from urethral material from 26 (53%) of the PGU group but from none of the controls. This difference was h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.39.3.325