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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Sep 1997, 2427-2429, Vol 35, No. 9
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Use of a single swab in multi-microbe or flex trans transport medium for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by Roche Amplicor PCR and culture in specimens from two different patient populations

CK Fong, J Falcone and ML Landry
Virology Reference Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA.

The Roche Amplicor PCR increased the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis compared with culture in promptly processed clinical specimens from a local clinic (100 and 86.5%, respectively) and in samples with delayed processing transported from distant facilities (100 and 72.7%, respectively). A single swab collected in culture transport medium was used. Two media, Multi-Microbe and Flex Trans, were tested and found to be equally acceptable.




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