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. 1989 May;81(5):541–543.

Detection of specific IgG and IgA antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis in women with salpingitis confirmed by laparoscopy.

N G Osborne, Y Hecht, J Gorsline, B A Forbes, F Morgenstern, J Winkelman
PMCID: PMC2626003  PMID: 2526227

Abstract

The sera from 12 consecutive symptomatic women with laparoscopy-confirmed salpingitis were screened for the presence of specific IgG and IgA antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis by a single antigen (L-2) immunoperoxidase assay. All women were found to have IgG and IgA antibodies to C trachomatis. Six women had positive endocervical cultures for C trachomatis, and one of these had positive cultures from the conjunctiva and fallopian tubes. Serum chlamydial IgA antibodies may serve as markers for active infection with C trachomatis regardless of whether organisms can be identified by culture or direct fluorescent antibody techniques from endocervical or fallopian tube samples.

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