Diagnosis by AMPLICOR PCR of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in urine samples from women and men attending sexually transmitted disease clinics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1401-1406

  Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b,e   Welsh, Laura ^b   Lentz, Andrew ^b,c   Crotchfelt, Kimberly ^b   Zenilman, Jonathan ^b,c   Newhall, James ^d   Gaydos, Charlotte ^b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETHRA; URINE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0029905305     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1401-1406.1996     Document Type: Article

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