Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urethral and urine samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic male patients by the polymerase chain reaction

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-471

  Stary, A ^a   Choueiri, B ^b   Horting Muller I ^a   Halisch, P ^a   Teodorowicz, L ^a  

^a Outpatients' Ctr Diagn Infect V   (Austria)

^b Outpatients' Ctr Diagn Infect V   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT;

BACTERIURIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA;

EID: 0029901185     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01691313     Document Type: Article

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