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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 475-476, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01975-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Clinic-Based Evaluation of a Rapid Point-of-Care Test for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Specimens from Sex Workers in Escuintla, Guatemala{triangledown}

M. Sabidó,1,2,3* G. Hernández,4 V. González,5 X. Vallès,1 A. Montoliu,3,5 J. Figuerola,1 V. Isern,5 B. Viñado,6 L. Figueroa,7 and J. Casabona1,2,3,5

Fundació Sida i Societat, Barcelona, Spain,1 PhD Programme in Public Health and Methodology of Biomedical Research, Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Preventive Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain,2 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, (CIBERESP), Spain ,{dagger},{dagger} Fundació Sida i Societat, Escuintla, Guatemala,4 Center for Epidemiological Studies on HIV/AIDS and STI of Catalonia (CEEISCAT), ICO/Health Department, Badalona, Spain,5 Clinical Laboratory of Primary Health Bon Pastor, Barcelona, Spain,6 Primary Health Care Centre, Escuintla, Guatemala7

Received 13 October 2008/ Accepted 22 November 2008

We evaluated a rapid point-of-care test for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in specimens from 278 sex workers attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in Guatemala. The sensitivity and the specificity of the test compared to the results of PCR were 62.96% and 99.60%, respectively. The test performed moderately well as a screening tool in a context in which clinical follow-up visits are infrequent.

* Corresponding author. Mailing author: Fundació Sida i Societat, 179-181 1-1B, Barcelona 08036, Spain. Phone: 34 933 967 820. Fax: 34 932 412 271. E-mail: msabido{at}sidaisocietat.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 December 2008.

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 475-476, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01975-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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