Evaluation of an indirect immunofluorescence assay for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis as a method for diagnosing tubal factor infertility in Mexican women

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-82

  Guerra Infante, Fernando M ^a,b   Carballo Perea, Raul ^a   Zamora Ruiz, Angélica ^a   López Hurtado, Marcela ^a   Flores Medina, Saúl ^a   Miranda Contreras, Gustavo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anti Chlamydia antibodies; Chlamydia trachomatis; Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA); Infertility; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALPINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038475746     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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