Urinary screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in asymptomatic individuals from Queensland, Australia: An evaluation using three nucleic acid amplification methods

Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 204-205

  Farrell, David J ^a,b   Sheedy, Toni J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b GR Micro   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic urinary screening; Evaluation; LCR; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RELIABILITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035000568     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020125013     Document Type: Article

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