Evaluation of ELISA to detect Chlamydia trachomatis antigen in urine samples from arthritis patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Wollenhaupt, J ^a   Hartmann, F ^a   Kohler L ^a   Kuipers, J G ^a   Nettelnbreker, E ^a   Frosch, M ^a   Zeidler, H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; ELISA; reactive arthritis; spondyloarthropathy; urine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0031007630     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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