Impact of urine collection order on the ability of assays to identify Chlamydia trachomatis infections in men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-347

  Chernesky, Max A ^a,b   Jang, D ^a   Chong, S ^a   Sellors, J ^b   Mahony, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIURIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037384244     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200304000-00014     Document Type: Article

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