Diagnostic tests for chancroid

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-141

  Lewis, David A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCUS MOLLE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHANCROID; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0034071239     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.2.137     Document Type: Article

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