Two commercial swab transport systems, Copan Amies gel agar with and without charcoal (Copan Diagnostics, Corona, Calif.), were compared to direct inoculation onto modified Thayer-Martin medium for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 1,490 endocervical specimens obtained from women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Copan swabs were held in the transport system for 24 h at room ...

The objective of this study was to clarify the longitudinal epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in Japan. A total of 339 endocervical swab specimens obtained from female patients who attended the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saitama Medical School, were used. Positive specimens of either transport medium of IDEIA Chlamydia (1st group, from 1999 to 2001), or DNA extract of...

Reproductive tract infection (RTIs)/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are recognized as a major public health problem, particularly due to their relationship with HIV infection. Early detection and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection (CTI) among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women may impact heterosexual HIV transmission. A total of 120 participants were enrolled: 30 HIV seropos...

BACKGROUND Gonorrhoeae, a sexually transmitted disease caused by Neisseria gonorrhea for which humans are the only natural host. The causative organism is highly adapted to the genital tract and often causing asymptomatic and undetected infection in females in which Acquisition of gonococcal infection late in pregnancy can adversely affect labor and delivery as well as the well-being of the fet...

AIMS To increase the sensitivity of an automated chlamydia enzyme immunoassay by significantly lowering its cut off value, and to maintain specificity by confirmation with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct immunofluorescent antibody test (DFA). METHODS Over five months, the cut off value of the enzyme immunoassay used to screen urogenital samples for chlamydia antigen was reduced fro...

Aztreonam, 1 g intramuscularly, was compared with spectinomycin, 2 g intramuscularly, for uncomplicated gonorrhea. There were no failures with either drug. For aztreonam, there were 26 urethral, 3 rectal, and 3 endocervical sites that were infected. Aztreonam in a single dose of 1 g intramuscularly is satisfactory therapy for uncomplicated urethral gonorrhea in men and may be effective for rect...

This retrospective study refers to the evolution rate of cervical lesions diagnosed from cervical biopsies, respectively the endocervical scrape collected from 2001 to 2008 and found its place as an introduction to a further complex study. In this period of 8 years, in our laboratory were processed a total of 1387 biopsies and endocervical scrape. All histopathological diagnoses can be classifi...