Monitoring therapy success of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women: A prospective observational cohort study.

The use of a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) as a test of cure after treatment is subject to discussion, as the presence of C. trachomatis nucleic acids after treatment may be prolonged and intermittent without presence of infectious bacteria. We used cell culture to assess if a positive RNA-...

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Main Authors: Bart Versteeg, Sylvia M Bruisten, Titia Heijman, Wilma Vermeulen, Martijn S van Rooijen, Alje P van Dam, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff, Henry J C de Vries, Maarten Scholing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5608402?pdf=render