Lateral flow-based antibody testing for Chlamydia trachomatis

The Role of Chlamydia trachomatis IgG Antibody Testing in Predicting Tubal Factor Infertility in Northern Iran

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Chlamydia serology as a screening test for tubal infertility and to compare the results with hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopic findings. MaterialsAndMethods This was a cross-sectional study undertaken on 110 infertile women treated in the IVF Ward, at Emam Khomeini Hospital, Sari, Iran who underwent laparoscopy and H...

Chlamydia trachomatis: Molecular Testing Methods

Screening tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis infections have advanced to permit the detection of nucleic acids from organisms. The development of these molecular assays that can detect and amplify the specific nucleic acids from the genes of C. trachomatis are called nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) and they have expanded the range of available specimen types to include noninvasive s...

Testing for Chlamydia trachomatis: self-test or laboratory-based diagnosis?

©FFPRHC J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007: 33(4) Background Increasing publicity about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), in particular about screening young people for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), is accompanied by some confusion about the various types of tests available including those done outside the usual health care settings (Box 1). At the present time, nucleic acid amplification ...

Testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Laboratory testing for Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital infections.

This review focuses on the laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital infections in adult patients. Laboratory diagnoses of C. trachomatis have rapidly evolved over the last two decades. The evolution from culture to enzyme immunoassay to nucleic acid amplification assay was a big step in the advance in technology. This advance has helped to improve the diagnosis and prevention of...