Patent 7521183 was granted and assigned to ARKRAY on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis comprising performing PCR using DNA obtained from a sample as a template and detecting an amplification product, wherein a primer pair used for PCR is designed on the basis of the nucleotide sequences of the regions corresponding to the nucleotide numbers 5157 to 5201 and 5245 to 5276 in the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 so that the nucleotide sequence between the two regions can be amplified. A method for quickly detecting Chlamydia trachomatis with superior sensitivity and specificity is provided.