Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection by PCR using vaginal swab samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3205-3210

  Madico, Guillermo ^a,b   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,c   Rompalo, Anne ^a   Mckee Jr , Kelly T ^d   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALIA; CHILOMASTIX; CHILOMASTIX SULCATUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMANAS; TRICHOMANAS GALLINAE; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; TRICHOMONAS TENAX; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0031697536     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3205-3210.1998     Document Type: Article

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