A Chlamydia trachomatis strain with a 377-bp deletion in the cryptic plasmid causing false-negative nucleic acid amplification tests

Sex Transm Dis. 2007 May;34(5):255-6. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31805ce2b9.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology
  • Chlamydia Infections / microbiology*
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / classification
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / genetics*
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Humans
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques*
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Deletion
  • Sweden / epidemiology

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Bacterial