Diagnosis of chlamydia trachomatis urethral infection in symptomatic and asymptomatic men by testing first-void urine in a ligase chain reaction assay

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1308-1311

  Chernesky, Max A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Lee, Helen ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Schachter, Julius ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Burczak, John D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Stamm, Walter E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Mc cormack, William M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Quinn, Thomas C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LIGASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIURIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA LIGASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MALE; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 0028034980     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/170.5.1308     Document Type: Article

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