An important proportion of genital samples submitted for Chlamydia trachomatis detection by PCR contain small amounts of cellular DNA as measured by β-globin gene amplification

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2512-2515

  Coutlée, François ^a,b,c   De Ladurantaye, Manon ^a   Tremblay, Carole ^a   Vincelette, Jean ^a   Labrecque, Louise ^a   Roger, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CELL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; URETHRA; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0033915063     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2512-2515.2000     Document Type: Article

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