PCR testing of genital and urine specimens compared with culture for the diagnosis of chlamydial infection in men and women

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 661-665

  Young, H ^a   Moyes, A ^a   Horn, K ^b   Scott, G R ^b   Patrizio, C ^a   Sutherland, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Culture; Genital; PCR; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETER; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031733229     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981921314     Document Type: Article

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