Detection of C. trachomatis in the Serum of the Patients with Urogenital Chlamydiosis

• Published in: BioMed research international Vol. 2013; no. 2013; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Petyaev, Ivan M., Bashmakov, Yuriy K., Kost, Elena A., Didenko, Lubov V., Kapotina, Lidia N., Morgunova, Elena Y., Rumyantseva, Yulia P., Zigangirova, Naylia A., Koroleva, Ekaterina A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2013; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Blood cells; Chlamydia infections; Chlamydia Infections - blood; Chlamydia Infections - microbiology; Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification; Development and progression; Diagnosis; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Electron microscopy; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Middle Aged; Plasma - microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reproducibility of Results; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - analysis; Urogenital System - microbiology; Young Adult; United Kingdom; Russia

Extragenital chlamydial complications may be associated with systemic spread of infection, but haematogenous route for C. trachomatis dissemination has not been clearly demonstrated. Here we report that serum specimens obtained from patients with chlamydiosis contain elementary bodies of C. trachoma...