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Lack of an Effect of Antibiotic Treatment on Prolonged Detection of Chlamydial DNA in Murine Genital Tract Infection

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Mice treated with antibiotics early or late after active infection had resolved were examined for chlamydial DNA in endocervical swabs. The early eradication of infection limited oviduct pathology, despite the continued detection of chlamydial DNA by nested PCR. Late antibiotic treatment had no effect on the ability to detect DNA or oviduct pathology.

Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

DOI: 10.1128/aac.00231-07

Authors: Dawn M. Reeves, Uma Nagarajan, Catherine O'Connell, Charles W. Andrews, Toni Darville

Institutions: Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Reproductive tract infections research

Subfield: Microbiology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases