Relative accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests and culture in detecting Chlamydia in asymptomatic men

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3927-3937

  Cheng, H ^a   Macaluso, M ^a   Vermund, S H ^a   Hook III, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034764234     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.3927-3937.2001     Document Type: Article

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