Detection of chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in swab specimens by the hybrid capture II and PACE 2 nucleic acid probe tests

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 303-308

  Modarress, Kevin J ^a   Cullen, Allison P ^a   Jaffurs Sr , William J ^d   Troutman, Gerald L ^b   Mousavi, Narjes ^b   Hubbard, Roger A ^c   Henderson, Susan ^c   Lörincz, Attila T ^a  

^a Digene Corporation   (United States)

^b Cytology Services of Maryland   (United States)

^c Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network Inc   (United States)

^d David H Kushner Division of Reproductive Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA PROBES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URETHRA;

EID: 0032945964     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199905000-00012     Document Type: Article

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