Comparison of Digene Hybrid Capture 2 and conventional culture for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in cervical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 641-644

  Darwin, Ling H ^a   Cullen, Allison P ^a   Arthur, Patrick M ^a   Long, Carole D ^a   Smith, Kim R ^a   Girdner, Jennifer L ^a   Hook III, Edward W ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a   Lorincz, Attila T ^a  

^a Digene Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ALGORITHMS; CERVIX UTERI; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036159399     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.02.641-644.2002     Document Type: Article

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