Chlamydia trachomatis

Molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

Lab	Test name	Contact	Comments
AZ St-Jan Brugge - Laboratoriumgeneeskunde	Chlamydia trachomatis	Dr. M. Reynders / Patrick Descheemaeker	SAMPLE: swabs (urogenital, anorectal, oropharyngeal, conjunctival) or first-voided urine (min 15mL!) FREQUENCY: daily TEST: TaqMan Array Card in house real time PCR discrimination between LGV and non-LGV Version date: 17/11/2017 Accredited:
AZ Damiaan Oostende	Chlamydia trachomatis	Ben Vanmassenhove/ Anne-Sophie Hervent	SAMPLE TYPE: - M4RT transportmedium with swab - eswab - liquid cytology (Thinprep PreservCyt) - urine first voided FREQUENCY: at least every week TEST TYPE: Seegene STI-EA/ CTNGMGTV-assay Version date: 03/06/2019 Accredited:
Jessa Hospital	Chlamydia trachomatis	dr. Cartuyvels, Raymaekers Marijke	SAMPLE TYPE: -urine first voided -sperm -endocervical and urethral e-swab (liquid amies and UTM) FREQUENCY: 2x/week TEST TYPE: m2000 (Abbott) Accredited:
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg	Chlamydia trachomatis	Dr. Els Oris, Katrien Vandebroek	Sample type: E-swab Urine first voided Frequency: Daily Test type: Xpert CT/NG (Cepheid)
AZ St-Lucas Gent	Chlamydia trachomatis	Dr. A.M van den Abeele/Elke Vanlaere	SAMPLE TYPE: eSWAB Urine first voided FREQUENCY: 2x/week TEST TYPE: BDProbeTec™ ET Chlamydia Trachomatis assay (Becton Dickinson)
UZ Leuven MolPLUZ	Chlamydia trachomatis	Katrien Lagrou	Sample type: Abbott multiCollect Specimen collection kit - Genital swab - Urethral swab - Urine Minimal sample volume: 1ml Frequency: Thursday Test type: Abbott RealTime CT/NG
GZA St-Augustinus	Chlamydia trachomatis	Philippe Van Lint	performed on swabs (eSwab, COPAN) and urine in-house, qualitative real-time PCR Frequency: daily (Monday-Friday) Accredited:
CHU Saint-Pierre	Chlamydia trachomatis	Reynders Marijke, Scheen Robert, Maaroufi Younes	Staaltypes: Urines, urogenitale wissers (vaginaal, cervicaal, urethraal), anorectale wissers, conjunctivale wissers, nasopharynxaspiraten, peritoneaal vocht, semen. Techniek: Probetec BD Opgelet: wissers in specifiek milieu (tube BD)
AZ Delta	Chlamydia trachomatis	Steven Vervaeke/Joke Breyne	SAMPLE TYPE: - swabs (eSWAB, DNA PAP Cervical sampler) - urine first void FREQUENCY: 1x/week TEST TYPE: COBAS 4800 CT/NG test Version date: 05/12/2017 Accredited:
Imelda-Bonheiden	Chlamydia trachomatis	Dr. Johan Frans, Isabel Micalessi	Sample Type: - Urine - eSwab Frequency: daily Test type: Xpert CT/NG (GeneXpert, Cepheid)
ZNA Middelheim	Chlamydia trachomatis	Kim Camps	Sample type:urine, specific transport medium Frequency: twice a week Test type: commercial kit (COBAS AmpliPrep - Taqman 48)
Labo Cliniques Sud Luxembourg	Chlamydia trachomatis	Nicolas Hougardy	SAMPLE TYPE: - Swabs in Remel M4-RT - Urine (min 1ml) - Sperm (min 200µL) FREQUENCY: every two weeks TEST TYPE: "COBAS TaqMan CT test v2.0" (Roche), COBAS TaqMan 48 (Roche)
AZ Monica	Chlamydia trachomatis	Sarah Mahieu	Sample type: - first voided urine (min 500µl) - genital swab in M4RT medium (Remel) - sperm (min 500 µl) Test type: AMPLICOR CT/NG test (Roche) Frequency: 1/week
UZ Gent	Chlamydia trachomatis	Elizaveta Padalko	Sample type: Abbott multiCollect Specimen collection kit - Genital swab - Urethral swab - Urine Minimal sample volume:1ml Frequency: Wednesday(1x/week) Test type: Abbott RealTime CT
OLVZ Aalst	Chlamydia trachomatis	Anne Vankeerberghen	Sample type: Genital swab Urethral swab First voided urine (max 10 mL) Frequency: Daily (except weekend) Test type: In house real time PCR Version date: 29/09/2017 Accredited:
UZA Mol. Diagn.	Chlamydia trachomatis	D. Ursi, K. Bergs, M. Michiels, V. Matheeussen	Genital swab or urethral swab ( eswab,minimum 250 µl) or first void urine (minimum 1,1 ml) 2/week Cobas 4800 CT/NG test Roche
UZ Brussel - Microbiology	Chlamydia trachomatis	Dr. Denis Piérard, Oriane Soetens	SAMPLE TYPE: - eSWAB (min 0.2 ml) - Urine first voided (min 0.2 ml) FREQUENCY: 2x/week TEST TYPE: commercial real-time PCR (Cobas 4800 CT/NG Amplification/Detection kit, Roche Diagnostics) Version date: 26/09/2017 Accredited:
AZ St-Lucas Brugge	Chlamydia trachomatis	Dr Maelegheer Karel	SAMPLE TYPE: E-swab Urine first voided FREQUENCY: Daily (except weekend) TEST TYPE: STI plus (Elytech) Version date: 20/11/2019
AZ Groeninge Kortrijk	Chlamydia trachomatis	Annelynn Wallaert, dr. M. Boudewijns	Sample type: urine, swab in Cobas PCR medium, semen Frequency: 2x/week Test type: Cobas 4800 CT/NG (Roche) Version date: 08/11/2018 Accredited: