Comparison of manual Amplicor PCR, Cobas Amplicor PCR, and LCx assays for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women by using urine specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 402-405

  Pasternack, Rafael ^a   Vuorinen, Pauli ^a   Pitkäjärvi, Timo ^b   Koskela, Markku ^c   Miettinen, Ari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b City Community Health Centre   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 0031020960     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.2.402-405.1997     Document Type: Article

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