[Diagnosis of urogenital chlamydiosis using rapid immunoenzyme method: Abbott TestPack Chlamydia]

Twenty women suffering from chronic genital inflammations were screened for urogenital chlamydiosis using Abbott Testpack Chlamydia kit for enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and NIARmedik Chlamoscan kit for immunofluorescent method. The cells were scraped off from the cervical canal during the second phase of the cycle. In addition, smears were taken from the vagina and cervical canal to be screened for microflora using Romanowsky-Giemsa staining. EIA detected C. trachomatis antigens in 3 (15%) out of 20 examinees, whereas direct immunofluorescence revealed these antigens in only 2 (10%) patients. The results differed in a patient with urogenital candidiasis. Evidently, the system of special filters in the Testpack Chlamydia releases the cell suspension from concomitant cell dendrites, blood, mucus, and thus increases the sensitivity of the test.