Application of polymerase chain reaction for the identification of generalized Chlamydia infection.

The authors draw attention to the possibility that some of the equivocal cases of internal diseases diagnosed variously and treated in various hospitals may actually be caused by Chlamydia trachomatis or other species of the genus Chlamydia. We report a case of a generalized chlamydia infection which brought about multiple lesions. The etiologic differentiation of the disorder in the present case was made possible only through using the method of polymerase chain reaction to identify the Chlamydia trachomatis agent.