Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis DNAS in male patients with urethritis using the polymerase chain reaction

New Microbiologica

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-332

  Busolo, F ^a   Camposampiero, D ^a   Bordignon, G ^a   Bertollo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Mycoplasma genitalium; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OMP2 PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0031252713     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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