CDC Case Study Says Chlamydia Psittaci Is Best Detected In Lower Respiratory Specimens Using Real-Time PCR Assay

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/1, Mermelstein) reports, “During the largest psittacosis outbreak in the United States in 30 years, Chlamydia psittaci was best detected in lower respiratory specimens by using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay,...