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1: J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jun;43(6):2973-5.Click here to read Click here to read Links
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J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct;43(10):5412-3; author reply 5412-3.

Molecular diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum in patients with genital ulcer disease.

Sturm PD, Moodley P, Govender K, Bohlken L, Vanmali T, Sturm AW.

Genital Ulcer Disease Research Unit of the University of KwaZuluNatal, Durban, South Africa. sturm@kznu.ac.za

The detection of herpes, chancroid, and syphilis in genital ulcers is done by PCR. This is not so for lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). We report on the use of a PCR with digestion that differentiates the LGV biovar from the trachoma biovar. Our findings suggest that the clinical description of LGV in current textbooks is incomplete.

PMID: 15956435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1151892