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BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of respiratory tract infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis in pediatric patients is very important because of its complications and sequelae. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the performance of rapid methods for reading this diagnosis in 111 children with lower acute respiratory disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Their nasopharyngeal aspirates were studied for detection of Chlamydia spp. antigens using enzyme immunoassay, indirect immunofluorescence and isolation in cell culture. The presence of respiratory viruses was also investigated for immunofluorescence. RESULTS:Chlamydia spp. were isolated from 16 samples (14.4%) using cell monolayer cultures. They were detected in 22 samples by immunofluorescence (19.8%) and in seven samples by enzyme immunoassay (6.5%). Respiratory viruses were detected in 77 samples (69.4%). Sixty two percent of cell culture positive samples for Chlamydia were also positive for respiratory syncytial virus and 6% were positive for adenovirus. Sensitivity and specificity of immunofluorescence were 37.5% and 83.1% respectively using Chlamydia cell culture as "golden standard". For enzyme immunoassay these percentages were 26 and 96.8% respectively. CONCLUSIONS:The values obtained are not acceptable for recommending these methods for detecting Chlamydia spp. from nasopharyngeal aspirates. It will be necessary to modify these techniques or to develop alternative methods in order to rapidly and easily obtain a diagnosis of respiratory tract infections due to Chlamydia spp.
journal_name
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clinjournal_title
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinicaauthors
Savy V,Vizioli N,Baumeister E,Josiowicz A,Cadario Esubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-10-01 00:00:00pages
411-3issue
8eissn
0213-005Xissn
1578-1852journal_volume
15pub_type
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journal_title：Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
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