A new gold standard for the detection of
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Gilles R.G. Monif
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Article
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1998
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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English
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C ell-culture techniques have long been consid- ered the ''gold standard'' for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. The major advantage of cellculture isolation is the specificity, which approaches 100%; however, even in experienced laboratories, its sensitivity is only 70-80%. 1-3 Its primary us