Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in genitourinary tract specimens using an automated enzyme-linked fluorescent immunoassay

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Gun Munro, J ^a,b   Mahony, J ^a   Lyn, P ^a   Luinstra, K ^a   Smaill, F ^a   Richardson, H ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINALYSIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 0029965689     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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