Performance of the Gen-Probe AMPLIFIED Chlamydia Trachomatis Assay in detecting Chlamydia trachomatis in endocervical and urine specimens from women and urethral and urine specimens from men attending sexually transmitted disease and family planning clinics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3230-3233

  Ferrero, Dennis V ^a   Meyers, Holly N ^a   Schultz, Diane E ^a   Willis, Stephen A ^a  

^a S Joaquin Co Mental Hlth Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; URINE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031671207     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3230-3233.1998     Document Type: Article

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