Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the Gen-Probe AMPLIFIED Chlamydia Trachomatis Assay (AMP CT) in urine specimens from men and women and endocervical specimens from women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 391-394

  Crotchfelt, Kimberly A ^a   Pare, Barbara ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031985842     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.391-394.1998     Document Type: Article

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