Chlamydia trachomatis infection in asymtomatic men with urethritis. Usefulness of first catch urine samples;Infección por Chlamydia trachomatis en hombres chilenos asintomáticos y con uretritis. Utilidad de la orina de primer chorro

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1165-1171

  Romero A, Jorge ^a   Prado J, Valeria ^b   Gaete P, Verónica ^b   Martínez D, Juan ^b   Pizarro O, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRITIS; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0031244473     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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