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. 1985 Oct;38(10):1139–1141. doi: 10.1136/jcp.38.10.1139

Enzyme amplified immunoassay: a novel technique applied to direct detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in clinical specimens.

S F Pugh, R C Slack, E O Caul, I D Paul, P N Appleton, S Gatley
PMCID: PMC499455  PMID: 3902899

Abstract

Endocervical swabs from 212 women and urethral swabs from 100 men were tested by the routine methods for McCoy cell culture and simultaneously by a novel enzyme amplified immunoassay test to detect chlamydia antigen. Overall correlation of the amplified test with culture was 96.5%. The test proved to be a suitable screening procedure for genital chlamydial infection, particularly for large numbers of specimens or in cases in which culture was not available.

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