4.28.2007

Variant Strain of Chlamydia May Go Undetected

Variant Strain of Chlamydia May Go Undetected: "Amid reports of a variant strain of Chlamydia trachomatis (vCT) that is not detected by certain molecular tests, BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (NYSE: BDX), announced today that testing performed using the BD ProbeTec(TM) Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) amplified DNA assay confirms the product's ability to detect this organism analytically."