Urine-based screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in men attending sexually transmitted disease clinics

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 219-225

  Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^a,c   Whittington, William L H ^a,b   Celum, Connie L ^a   Handsfield, H Hunter ^a,b   Clark, Agnes ^a   Cles, Linda ^a   Krekeler, Barbara ^b   Stamm, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035076587     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200104000-00006     Document Type: Article

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