Determination of Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in an asymptomatic screening population: Performances of the LCx and COBAS amplicor tests with urine specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3092-3096

  Morré, Servaas A ^a   Van Valkengoed, Irene G M ^b   Moes, Robert M ^a   Boeke, A Joan P ^b   Meijer, Chris J L M ^a   Van Den Brule, Adriaan J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032878899     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3092-3096.1999     Document Type: Article

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