Pilot Study of COBAS PCR and Ligase Chain Reaction for Detection of Rectal Infections Due to Chlamydia trachomatis

• DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.5.2174-2175.2003
• Publication Date: 2003-05-06T23:28:47Z
• Authors: Matthew R. Golden; Sabina G. Astete; Rosa Galvan; Aldo Lucchetti; Jorge Sanchez; Connie L. Celum; William L. H. Whi...; Walter E. Stamm; King K. Holmes; Patricia A. Totten
• Keywords: Chlamydiae; Ligase chain reaction; Roche Diagnostics

ABSTRACT We tested rectal specimens from men who have sex with for Chlamydia trachomatis by using COBAS PCR (Roche Diagnostics) and ligase chain reaction LCR (Abbott laboratories) compared three specimen-processing procedures. Chlamydiae were detected one or more procedures in 22 of 186 specimens. All tests positive 17 specimens, all which also LCR.