Longitudinal quantitative detection by real-time PCR of Mycoplasma genitalium in first-pass urine of men with recurrent nongonococcal urethritis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3854-3856

  Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Takashi ^a   Yokoi, Shigeaki ^a   Ito, Masayasu ^a   Tamaki, Masayoshi ^a   Ishiko, Hiroaki ^a   Maeda, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; URETHRITIS; URINE;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM;

EID: 0036791088     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3854-3856.2002     Document Type: Article

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