Chlamydia Direct IF Monoclonal Test
Sample: Direct sample from endocervix, urethra or epithelial cells.
Schedule: Daily (Direct IFA: Immunofluorescence)
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Remarks: Chlamydia trachomatis is the causative agent of neonatal conjunctivitis and non febrile pneumonia. About 50% of children from mothers with C. trachomatis infection of the cervix will be infected and develop conjunctivitis and/or a respiratory tract infection that produces pneumonia syndrome. C. trachomatis is one of the caudes of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU), cervicitis , salpingitis and lymphogranuloma venereum.
