Urinary inhibitors of polymerase chain reaction and ligase chain reaction and testing of multiple specimens may contribute to lower assay sensitivities for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infected women

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-249

  Chernesky, Max A ^a   Jang, Dan ^a   Sellors, John ^a   Luinstra, Kathy ^a   Chong, Sylvia ^a   Castriciano, Santina ^a   Mahony, James B ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical; Expanded gold standard; First void urine; Ligase chain reaction; Polymerase chain reaction; Sensitivity; Specificity; Swabs; Urethral

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0030819562     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1997.0109     Document Type: Article

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