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Single sample doubles as cervical and chlamydia screen

Screening for chlamydia is potentially possible at first invitation for cervical screening with a liquid based system for collecting samples, a feasibility study in England has shown. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has since approved liquid based cytology for national cervical screening.

Samples obtained by conventional means for chlamydia testing and by the ThinPrep Pap test system for cervical screening, when tested for chlamydial DNA by ligase chain reaction (LCR), all showed concordant results between sample pairs. Nineteen were positive for chlamydia and 562 negative out of 581 samples. A subset of 16 positive samples stored at ambient temperature remained positive for at least five months—the time of reporting. The double call-recall service for chlamydia and cervical smears that is provided locally would be an issue for national screening, though, the authors predict.

Three colposcopy services—two hospital services and a community based service—in Wirral, north west England, took part. . . . [Full text of this article]