Use of ligase chain reaction and polymerase chain reaction on urine specimens to detect Chlamydia trachomatis infections in a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-251

  Tan, H H ^a   Chan, R K W ^a   Teo, A S M ^a   Boey, L P ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; DNA amplification; Screening

Indexed keywords

LIGASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGAPORE; URETHRITIS; URINE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIGASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SINGAPORE; URETHRITIS; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033093719     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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