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Use of Chlamydia trachomatis high-resolution typing: an extended case study to distinguish recurrent or persistent infection from new infection.
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Mar 2014
Götz Hannelore M, Bom Reinier J M, Wolfers Mireille E G, Fennema Johan, van den Broek Ingrid V F, Speksnijder Arjen G C L, Bruisten Sylvia M
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OBJECTIVES: Repeated infections of Chlamydia trachomatis may be new infections or persistent infections due to treatment failure or due to unresolved infections in sexual partners. We aimed to establish the value of using high-resolution multilocus sequence typing (CT-MLST) to discriminate repeated C trachomatis infections. METHODS: Paired C trachomatis positive samples (baseline (T0) and after 6 months (T1))...
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