title: Test-of-cure analysis by direct immunofluorescence for Chlamydia trachomatis after antimicrobial therapy.
abstract: The direct immunofluorescence assay (DFA) was compared with culture for test-of-cure analysis for Chlamydia trachomatis in patients 7 to 10 days after antimicrobial therapy was given. DFA test-of-cure results correlated with culture results in 79.5% of 39 patients. Of DFA-negative patients, 97% had negative cultures. Six of seven patients with borderline DFA results had negative culture results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-4283.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nachamkin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skalina
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Crooks
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ciotti
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sondheimer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests