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Screening urine samples by leukocyte esterase test and ligase chain reaction for chlamydial infections among
G Anestad1, B P Berdal, O Scheel
1Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Abstract:
Urine samples from 358 asymptomatic males were screened for urethral inflammation by the leukocyte esterase (LE) test and for Chlamydia trachomatis by the ligase chain reaction (LCR). LE and LCR positivity rates were 7.5% (27 of 358 samples) and 2.8% (10 of 358 samples), respectively. Eight of the 10 LCR-positive samples were detected by the LE screening test. The urine LE prescreening test in combination with the LCR assay may be a reasonable approach for genitourinary chlamydial disease control.
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