Comparison of three commercially available amplification assays, AMP CT, LCx, and COBAS AMPLICOR, for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in first- void urine

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2628-2633

  Goessens, Wil H F ^a   Mouton, Johan W ^a   Van Der Meijden, Willem I ^a   Deelen, Sabine ^a   Van Rijsoort Vos, Tineke H ^a   Lemmens Den Toom, Nicole ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   Verkooyen, Roel P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0030881647     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2628-2633.1997     Document Type: Article

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