Comparing first-void urine specimens, self-collected vaginal swabs, and endocervical specimens to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by a nucleic acid amplification test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4395-4399

  Shafer, Mary Ann ^a   Moncada, Jeanne ^a   Boyer, Cherrie B ^a   Betsinger, Kelli ^a   Flinn, Scott D ^b   Schachter, Julius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIURIA; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINA;

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

EID: 0042921106     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4395-4399.2003     Document Type: Article

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