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New Directions In STD Treatment - University of Hawaii

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LGV Proctocolitis:<br />

Serologic Diagnosis<br />

� Microimmun<strong>of</strong>luorescence (MIF)<br />

� species-specific test<br />

� titer ≥ 1:256 is suggestive (arbitrary cut point)<br />

� Complement Fixation (CF)<br />

� genus-specific<br />

� positive 2 weeks after infection<br />

� titer ≥ 1:64 suggestive <strong>of</strong> LGV<br />

� high background rate <strong>of</strong> low titer reactors

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