Molecular diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum in patients with genital ulcer disease.
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Sturm, P.D.J. Patrick
Moodley, P.
Govender, K.
Bohlken, L.
Vanmali, T.
Sturm, A.W.
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The detection of herpes, chancroid, and syphilis in genital ulcers is done by PCR. This is not so for lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). We report on the use of a PCR with digestion that differentiates the LGV biovar from the trachoma biovar. Our findings suggest that the clinical description of LGV in current textbooks is incomplete.