Identification of a Chlamydia trachomatis serovar E urogenital isolate which lacks the cryptic plasmid

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作者
Stothard, DR [1 ]
Williams, JA [1 ]
Van Der Pol, B [1 ]
Jones, RB [1 ]
机构
[1] Indiana Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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10.1128/IAI.66.12.6010-6013.1998
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Our laboratory recently recovered Chlamydia trachomatis in tissue culture from a urogenital specimen which tested negative by commercial plasmid-based PCR. Immunotyping and omp1 sequencing identified the isolate as a serovar E isolate. Further investigation by PCR and Southern hybridization indicated that this isolate lacks the chlamydial cryptic plasmid.
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