Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women by amplicor PCR: Comparison of diagnostic performance with urine and cervical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 995-998

  Pasternack, Rafael ^a   Vuorinen, Pauli ^a   Kuukankorpi, Aki ^b   Pitkajärvi, Timo ^b,c   Miettinen, Ari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Tampere Health Center   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0029939904     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.995-998.1996     Document Type: Article

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