Does digital vaginal examination using lubricant have an impact on testing for Chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-113

  Uribasterra, Pablo ^a   Creinin, Mitchell D ^a   Wiesenfeld, Harold C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036168382     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200202000-00008     Document Type: Article

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3. Sexually transmitted disease treatment guidelines
4. Rapid polymerase chain reaction-based test for the detection of female urogenital chlamydial infections
5. Spontaneous clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in untreated patients