Effect of endocervical specimen adequacy on ligase chain reaction detection of chlamydia trachomatis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3838-3841

  Loeffelholz, M J ^a   Jirsa, S J ^a   Teske, R K ^a   Woods, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034753224     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.3838-3841.2001     Document Type: Article

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