RNA amplification by nucleic acid sequence-based amplification with an internal standard enables reliable detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical scrapings and urine samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3108-3114

  Morré, Servaas A ^a   Sillekens, Peter ^b   Jacobs, Marcel V ^a   Van Aarle, Pierre ^b   De Blok, Sjoerd ^c   Van Gemen, Bob ^b   Walboomers, Jan M M ^a   Meijer, Chris J L M ^a   Van Den Brule, Adriaan J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Organon Teknika   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0029958231     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.3108-3114.1996     Document Type: Article

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