KINETICS OF CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS CLEARANCE IN PATIENTS WITH AZITHROMYCIN, AS ASSESSED BY FIRST VOID URINE TESTING BY PCR AND TRANSCRIPTION-MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION

Methods: Test-of-cure of 19 patients with Chlamydia trachomatis genita l infection was assessed by daily collection of first void urine for 7 days just after treatment by azithromycin single-dose. Results: Detec tion by PCR and TMA of C. trachomatis showed a good correlation betwee n both methods. The observation that post-therapy chlamydial nucleic a cid detection is associated to bacterial clearance suggests that all t he patients were cured.