Multicenter evaluation of the fully automated COBAS AMPLICOR PCR test for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urogenital specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-80

  Vincelette, Jean ^a   Schirm, Jurjen ^b   Bogard, Marc ^c   Bourgault, Anne Marie ^a   Luijt, Dirk S ^b   Bianchi, Anne ^d   Van Voorst Vader, Pieter C ^e   Butcher, Ann ^f   Rosenstraus, Maurice ^f  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Public Health Service of Groningen   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE MEAUX   (France)

^d INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032923566     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.74-80.1999     Document Type: Article

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