Chlamydial infection. Improved methods of collection of material for culture from the urogenital tract and rectum.

Material for culture for Chlamydia in cell culture has been collected from the urethra in the cases of men and from the cervix, urethra, and ano-rectal canal in the cases of women. The results of different methods of collection have been compared. The methods have been reported by Dunlop and his colleagues (1964, 1965, 1969, 1971); the cell-culture techniques used were the simplified methods of Darougar, Kinnison, and Jones (1971a, b). Methods (a) Tests of the urethra in men With the patient lying on his back on a couch, material from the urethral meatus and distal urethra was collected