[Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis with a direct specimen test (MicroTrack) in urethritis patients].
The urethral smear specimens from 197 male urethritis patients attending our department and 4 affiliated hospitals were examined for Chlamydia trachomatis between April, 1984 and May, 1985, using fluorescein-labeled monoclonal antibodies (Direct Specimen Test; MicroTrack, Syva Co., USA). C. trachomatis was detected in 7 (25.0%) out of 28 patients with gonococcal urethritis, and 83 (49.1%) out of 169 patients with nongonococcal urethritis. The detection rates were almost comparable to those of other reports that used the cell culture method. The direct test is a time-saving, non-culture method useful for the diagnosis of chlamydial infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014526:Urethritis / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal