Clinical and laboratory screening of chlamydia trachomatis in women at a university health service
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1987
Department
Microbiology
Abstract
Two hundred sexually active women were screened for genital Chlamydia trachornatis infection at a university health service using an enzyme immunoassay test. Fourteen had a positive test. Of these, 8 could have been suspected clinically to have infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. A visit for a specific complaint (rather than for a routine gynecological exam), younger age, use of birth control pills, and findings suggestive of cervicitis increased the likelihood of a positive test. Routine testing for chlamydia using the enzyme immunoassay test can easily and economically be done at a university health service. Routine screening detects a significantly higher number than tests performed only on clinical suspicion. © 1987 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of the American College Health Association
Volume
36
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Pereira, Celina A., Gregory E. Paquette, Pauline B. Wood, and Shirley A. Grant. "Clinical and laboratory screening of chlamydia trachomatis in women at a university health service." Journal of the American College Health Association 36, 1 (1987): 39-43. doi: 10.1080/07448481.1987.9939651.
