Patent ID: 8956814
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting lymphogranuloma venereum-causing serotypes LI, LII, LIII, but not serotype B of Chlamydia trachomatis in a sample from a subject suspected of Chlamydia trachomatis infection, comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample from a subject suspected of (b) isolating nucleic acid from said sample; (c) mixing said isolated nucleic acid with a first primer and a second primer to form a mixture, said first primer consists of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25 and said second primer consists of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 26; (d) performing a PCR on said isolated nucleic acid mixture in step (c) under conditions that allow production of an amplicon; and (e) detecting the presence of said amplicon,