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Gonorrhea & chlamydia testing type
Dear sir/ mam my biggest and most confusing concern is regarding the testing procedure of sti named gonorrhea & chlamydia .
and my confusion is that the test name available. For gonorrhea & chlamydia is pcr qualitative which is unnecessary very costly , but my doctor suggested to go for a basic urine culture & sensitivity test !
So i just wanted to know that can a basic urine. CUlture & sensitivity test show the presence of gonorrhea & chlamydia ( or atleast show or indicate the presence of these both bacterias in urine ? ) or not ?
Apart from that does urine culture & sensitivity tests for any type of bacterial infection or it comes with limitations .
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Gonorrhoea can be detected on normal cultures infact it's the most specific test for it!
But for Chlamydia cell-based cultures are required!(for Chlamydia the best test is nucleic acid amplification test)
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