Low prevelance of Chlamydia trachomatis by urinary ligase chain reaction in women patients in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 646-649

  Doezema, David ^a   Hepworth, Edward ^a   Young, Stephen A ^a   Arguelles, Carlos A ^b   Brillman, Judith C ^c   Tandberg, Dan ^d  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Emergency department; LCR; Ligase chain reaction; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DYSURIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URINE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINE;

EID: 0036015815     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.6.646     Document Type: Article

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