Urine as a diagnostic specimen for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Malaysia by ligase chain reaction

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 402-406

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a,e   Ngeow, Yun F ^b   Lee, Helen H ^c   Canavaggio, Michel ^c   Welsh, Laura E ^a   Johanson, Julie ^c   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

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

^e Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0029810434     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199609000-00010     Document Type: Article

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