NAATs to diagnose Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection: A promise still unfulfilled

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-144

  Schachter, Julius ^a  

^a SF General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; First catch urine; Genital infection; Nucleic acid amplification tests; Vaginal swabs

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0035559340     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.1.2.137     Document Type: Review

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