Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in a sexually transmitted disease clinic: Evaluation of a urine sample tested by enzyme immunoassay and polymerase chain reaction in comparison with a cervical and/or a urethral swab tested by culture and polymerase chain reaction

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-201

  Jensen, I P ^a   Fogh, H ^b   Prag, J ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Diagnosis; STD; Urine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0037366740     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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