Unclassified serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis isolated from Japanese infants

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 519-523

  Numazaki, Kei ^a   Ikehata, Masami ^a   Chiba, Shunzo ^a   Suzuki, Katsuya ^b   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Omp1; PCR; RFLP; Serovars

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0031698320     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Numazaki K, Wainberg MA, McDonald J. Chlamydia trachomatis infections in infants. Can Med Assoc J 1989; 140: 615-22.
2. Wang S-P, Grayston JT. Human serology in Chlamydia trachomatis infection with microimmunofluorescence. J Infect Dis 1974; 130: 388-97.
3. Yuan Y, Zhang YX, Watkins NG, Caldwell HD. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences for the four variable domains of the major outer membrane proteins of the 15 Chlamydia trachomatis serovars. Infect Immun 1989; 57: 1040-9.
4. Numazaki K, Suzuki K, Isobe K, Nakada H, Niida Y, Chiba S. Typing of Chlamydia trachomatis from Japanese infants with pneumonia by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Scand J Infect Dis 1996; 28: 209.
5. Rodriguez P, de Barbeyrac B, Persson K, Dutilh B, Bebear C. Evaluation of molecular typing for epidemiological study of Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 2238-40.
6. Frost EH, Deslandes S, Veilleux S, Bourgaux-Ramoisy D. Typing Chlamydia trachomatis by detection of restriction fragment length polymorphism in the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein. J Infect Dis 1991, 163: 1103-7.
7. Isobe K, Aoki K, Itoh N, Ohno S, Takashima I, Hashimoto N. Serotyping of Chlamydia trachomaris from inclusion conjunctivitis by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis Jpn J Ophthalmol 1996; 40: 279-85.
8. Numazaki K, Chiba S, Niida Y, Komatsu M, Hashimoto N. Evaluation or diagnostic assays for neonatal and infantile chlamydial infections. Tohoku J Exp Med 1993; 170: 123-9.
9. Numazaki K, Chiba S Diagnostic value of rapid detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by using amplified enzyme immunoassay in infants with respiratory infections Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1993; 17: 233-4.
10. Toyofuku H, Takashima I, Arikawa J, Hashimoto N. Monoclonal antibodies against Chlamydia psittaci Microbiol Immunol 1986; 30 945-55.
11. Seki C, Takashima I, Arikawa J, Hashimoto N Monoclonal antibodies to Chlamydia psittaci: characteristics and antigenic analysis Jpn J Vet Sci 1988, 50: 383-93.
12. Numazaki K, Chiba S, Umetsu M. Detection of IgM antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia prteumoniae, and Chlamydia psittaci from Japanese infants and children with pneumonia. In Vivo 1992; 6: 601-4
13. Numazaki K, Niida Y, Chiba S. Antigen detection of Chlamydia trachomatis from the endocervix is not enough for screening of perinatal complications. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1997; 176: 951-2.
14. Gencay M, Koskiniemi M, Saikku P, et al. Chlamydia trachomatis seropositivity during pregnancy is associated with perinatal complications. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 211. 424-6.
15. Numazaki K, Kusaka T, Chiba S. Perinatal complications are associated with seropostivity for Chlamydia trachomatis during pregnancy. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 23: 208.
16. Frost EH, Deslandes S, Veilleux S, Bourgaux-Ramoisy D. Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in 435 urogenital specimens typed by restriction endonuclease analysis of amplified DNA. J Infect Dis 1993; 168: 497-501
17. Hayes LJ, Bailey RL, Mabey DCW, et al. Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis from a trachoma-endemic village in the Gambia by a nested polymerase chain reaction: identification of strain variants. J Infect Dis 1992; 166: 1173-7.
18. Wagenvoort JHT, Suchland RJ, Stamm WE. Serovar distribution of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis strains in the Netherlands. Gemtourin Med 1988; 64: 159-61.
19. Wang S-P, Kuo C-C, Barnes RC, Stephens RS, Grayston JT. Immunotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis with monoclonal antibodies. J Infect Dis 1985; 152: 791-800.