Reliability of nucleic acid amplification methods for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine: Results of the first International Collaborative Quality Control Study among 96 laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3013-3016

  Verkooyen, Roel P ^a   Noordhoek, Gerda T ^b   Klapper, Paul E ^c   Reid, Jim ^d   Schirm, Jurjen ^e   Cleator, Graham M ^f   Ieven, Margareta ^g   Hoddevik, Gunnar ^h  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of Northern Friesland   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service of Groningen   (Netherlands)

^d Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e ChimaeraBio   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0038168331     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3013-3016.2003     Document Type: Article

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