Head-to-head multicenter comparison of DNA probe and nucleic acid amplification tests for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women performed with an improved reference standard

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3757-3763

  Black, Carolyn M ^a   Marrazzo, Jeanne ^a   Johnson, Robert E ^a   Hook III, Edward W ^a   Jones, Robert B ^a   Green, Timothy A ^a   Schachter, Julius ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^a   Bolan, Gail ^a   St Louis, Michael E ^a   Martin, David H ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA PROBE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036790087     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3757-3763.2002     Document Type: Article

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