Use of ligase chain reaction with urine versus cervical culture for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in an asymptomatic military population of pregnant and nonpregnant females attending Papanicolaou smear clinics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1300-1304

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a   Howell, M Rene ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b   Gaydos, Joel C ^c,e   Mckee Jr, Kelly T ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Henry Jackson Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; URINE CULTURE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031969267     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1300-1304.1998     Document Type: Article

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