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Infection and Immunity, December 1998, p. 6010-6013, Vol. 66, No. 12
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification of a Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar E Urogenital Isolate Which Lacks the Cryptic Plasmid

Diane R. Stothard,* James A. Williams, Barbara Van Der Pol, and Robert B. Jones

Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Received 4 June 1998/Returned for modification 29 July 1998/Accepted 29 September 1998

Our laboratory recently recovered Chlamydia trachomatis in tissue culture from a urogenital specimen which tested negative by commercial plasmid-based PCR. Immunotyping and omp1 sequencing identified the isolate as a serovar E isolate. Further investigation by PCR and Southern hybridization indicated that this isolate lacks the chlamydial cryptic plasmid.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, 435 Emerson Hall, 545 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202. Phone: (317) 278-1791. Fax: (317) 274-1587. E-mail: dstothar{at}iupui.edu.

Infection and Immunity, December 1998, p. 6010-6013, Vol. 66, No. 12
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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