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Presence or absence of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>.\u00a0trachomatis<\/jats:italic> was assessed using both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>robe <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>ec <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ET<\/jats:styled-content> (define <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>ec and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ET<\/jats:styled-content> please) and real\u2010time polymerase chain reaction (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content>) (Ausdiagnositic <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">STD<\/jats:styled-content> 6 assays) <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> amplification.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fresh tubal tissue from 17 women with histological confirmation of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EP<\/jats:styled-content> was examined in a hospital setting for the presence of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>.\u00a0trachomatis<\/jats:italic>. The presence of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>.\u00a0trachomatis <\/jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> was confirmed by <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content> using a commercial test (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BD P<\/jats:styled-content>robe<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>ec\u2122 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ET<\/jats:styled-content> System), and a real\u2010time enhanced <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content> able to detect few copies of the organism. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>hlamydia <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> was detected in 0\/16 tubal specimens, and in one case, the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content> analysis was not possible for presence of inhibitors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>We did not find any evidence of latent infection of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>.\u00a0trachomatis<\/jats:italic> in the fallopian tube at the time of laparoscopic salpingectomy for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EP<\/jats:styled-content> in our study. 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