Prevalence of Chlamydia infection among women visiting a gynaecology outpatient department: evaluation of an in-house PCR assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

Table 2 Comparison of in-house PCR with DFA and Roche amplicor MWP kit, results for C. trachomatis before and after discrepant analysis.

PCR results C2/C5					After resolution of discordant results
Group I	DFA	Positive	Negative	Total	Positive	Negative
Positive		59	24	83	70(59+11)	13(24-11)
Negative		4	187	191	4	187
Total		63	211	274	74	200
Group II	Roche
Positive		60	13	73	69(60+9)	4(13-9)
Negative		2	244	246	2	244
Total		62	257	319	71	248

ISSN: 1476-0711