Comparison of methods for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae using commercially available nucleic acid amplification tests and a liquid Pap smear medium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1507-1511

  Koumans, Emilia H ^a,b,d   Black, Carolyn M ^a   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a   Unger, Elizabeth R ^a   Pierce, Antonya ^a,c   Sawyer, Mary K ^b   Papp, John R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^d MS E 02   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0037388487     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1507-1511.2003     Document Type: Article

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