Evaluation of the Abbott LCx ligase chain reaction assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urine and genital swab specimens from a sexually transmitted disease clinic population

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1630-1633

  Carroll, Karen C ^a,b   Aldeen, William E ^b   Morrison, Michael ^b   Anderson, Roberta ^c   Lee, Deborah ^c   Mottice, Susan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Salt Lake City School District   (United States)

^d Bureau of Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031958451     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1630-1633.1998     Document Type: Article

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