Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Chlamydia trachomatis Using a Reverse Transcriptase PCR-Based Method

AUTOR(ES)

Cross, N. A.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The conventional method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Chlamydia trachomatis is subjective and potentially misleading. We have developed a reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR)-based method which is more sensitive and less subjective than the conventional method. Using 16 strains of C. trachomatis in triplicate assays, we found the RT-PCR method consistently more sensitive than the conventional technique for all eight antimicrobials tested, with resultant MICs determined by RT-PCR ranging from 1.6-fold higher (erythromycin) to ≥195-fold higher (amoxicillin).

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