Factors affecting the performance of smear and culture tests for the detection of neisseria gonorrhoeae

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 63-68

  Goodhart, Marlene E ^a   Ogden, Jann ^a   Zaidi, Akbar A ^a   Kraus, Stephen J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SMEAR;

CERVIX UTERI; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROBABILITY; SEX FACTORS; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URETHRITIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0020314687     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-198204000-00002     Document Type: Article

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