Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by enzyme immunoassay, culture, and three nucleic acid amplification tests

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1751-1756

  Van Dyck, E ^a   Ieven, M ^a   Pattyn, S ^a   Van Damme, L ^a   Laga, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035012614     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1751-1756.2001     Document Type: Article

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