Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in high-risk females with PCR on first void urine

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 226-227

  Ólafsson, Jón Hjaltalín ^a,b   Davídsson, Steingrímur ^a   Karlsson, Sigfús M ^a   Pálsdóttir, Rannveig ^a   Steingrímsson, Ólafur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Department of Dermato Venereology ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

sexually transmitted diseases (STD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030013915     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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