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SUBMITTER: Zigangirova NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3586465 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zigangirova Naylia A NA Rumyantseva Yulia P YP Morgunova Elena Y EY Kapotina Lidia N LN Didenko Lubov V LV Kost Elena A EA Koroleva Ekaterina A EA Bashmakov Yuriy K YK Petyaev Ivan M IM
BioMed research international 20130213
Extragenital chlamydial complications may be associated with systemic spread of infection, but haematogenous route for C. trachomatis dissemination has not been clearly demonstrated. Here we report that serum specimens obtained from patients with chlamydiosis contain elementary bodies of C. trachomatis shown by culture and immunogold electron microscopy. We have found that 31 of the 52 patients had serum precipitates which were infective to McCoy cells. Immunostaining revealed very small inclusi ...[more]