Appropriate use of nonculture tests for the detection of sexually transmitted diseases in children and adolescents

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-59

  Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0038663007     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spid.2003.127218     Document Type: Review

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