Comparison of ligase chain reaction and culture for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in genital and extragenital specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 239-242

  Stary, Angelika ^a   Ching, Shan Fun ^b   Teodorowicz, Lilianna ^a   Lee, Helen ^c  

^a Outpatients' Ctr Diagn Infect V   (Austria)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0031059955     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.239-242.1997     Document Type: Article

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