Influence of endocervical specimen adequacy on PCR and direct fluorescent-antibody staining for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3078-3081

  Welsh, Laura E ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0030658912     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3078-3081.1997     Document Type: Article

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