Detection of C. trachomatis in the Serum of the Patients with Urogenital Chlamydiosis

Table 1

Comparison of amounts of C. trachomatis genome equivalents (GEs), detected by direct isolation from the serum and after cultivation in cell culture using PCR.

Patient	C. trachomatis GEs in 1 mL of serum	C. trachomatis GEs isolated from cells after cultivation of 1 mL serum inoculum for 48 h
2	2.54∗10^2	1.36∗10^4
6	8.21∗10^2	2.54∗10^4
9	4.21∗10^2	4.41∗10^4
15	2.78∗10^2	3.27∗10^4
19	3.05∗10^2	9.21∗10^4