Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in male and female urine specimens by using the amplified Chlamydia trachomatis test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1369-1372

  Mouton, Johan W ^a   Verkooyen, Roel ^a   Van Der Meijden, Willem I ^a   Van Rijsoort Vos, Tineke H ^a   Goessens, Wil H F ^a   Kluytmans, Jan A J W ^a   Deelen, Sabine D A ^a   Luijendijk, Ad ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0030926186     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1369-1372.1997     Document Type: Article

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