Evaluation of self-collected samples in contrast to practitioner-collected samples for detection of chlamydia trachomatis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, and trichomonas vaginalis by polymerase chain reaction among women living in remote areas

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 647-654

  Knox, Janet ^a   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^c,e   Miller, Penny ^b   Petoumenos, Kathy ^d   Law, Mathew ^d   Chen, Shujun ^c   Garland, Suzanne M ^c  

^a Sexual Health Unit of Territory Health Services   (Australia)

^b Nganampa Health Council   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FREEZING; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAMPON; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URBAN AREA; URINE CULTURE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0036843765     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200211000-00006     Document Type: Article

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