Assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence by PCR and LCR in women presenting for termination of pregnancy

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Garland, Suzanne M ^a   Tabrizi, Sepehr ^a   Hallo, Julene ^a   Chen, Shujun ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Ligase chain reaction; Polymerase chain reaction; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAMPON; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ABORTION, LEGAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033930771     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.3.173     Document Type: Article

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