PEDIATRICS Vol. 81 No. 4 April 1988, pp. 601-602
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by NEINSTEIN, L. S.
Right arrow Articles by FUSTER, C. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by NEINSTEIN, L. S.
Right arrow Articles by FUSTER, C. D.

Chlamydia and Suspected Sexual Abuse

LAWRENCE S. NEINSTEIN MD1 and C. DANIEL FUSTER MD1

1 Division of Adolescent Medine, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027

In Reply.—

We thank Dr Hammerschlag for her thoughtful comments. We wholeheartedly agree with her about the use of cultures in the setting of suspected sexual abuse. As other studies have indicated, the sensitivity and specificity of the direct fluorescent antibody test are too low in a population with low prevalence rates such as a population with suspected child abuse.

We also agree with Dr Hammerschlag about the possibility of perinatal infection in a young child.