Diff-Quik stain as a simplified alternative to Papanicolaou stain for determination of quality of endocervical specimens submitted for PCR detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2590-2592

  Kellogg, James A ^a   Seiple, John W ^a   Klinedinst, Janet L ^a   Stroll, Erica ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0029845938     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2590-2592.1996     Document Type: Article

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