Effect of off-site transportation on detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in endocervical specimens

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1019-1022

  Iwen, Peter C ^a   Walker, Richard A ^a   Warren, Kathy L ^a   Kelly, Dianne M ^a   Linder, James ^a   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSPORTATION; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029806089     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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