Urethritis associated with Chlamydia trachomatis: Comparison of leukocyte esterase dipstick test of first-voided urine and methylene blue-stained urethral smear as predictors of chlamydial infection

APMIS

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 595-600

  Hedin, Göran ^a,b   Abrahamsson, Gudrun ^a   Dahlberg, Erik ^a  

^a ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Leukocyte esterase test; Urethral smear; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE DIPSTICK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMEAR; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034816389     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2001.d01-180.x     Document Type: Article

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