Evaluation of the Vidas Chlamydia test to detect and verify Chlamydia trachomatis in urogenital specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2102-2106

  Schachter, Julius ^a,e   Jones, Robert B ^b   Butler, R Christopher ^c   Rice, Bernie ^d   Brooks, David ^a   Van Der Pol, Barbara ^b   Gray, Mary ^d   Moncada, Jeanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BioMerieux Inc   (United States)

^e SFGH UCSF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0030809239     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2102-2106.1997     Document Type: Article

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