Comparison of the Becton Dickinson strand displacement amplification and Cobas Amplicor Roche PCR for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis: Pooling versus individual tests

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1020-1023

  Bang, D ^a   Angelso L ^a   Schirakow, B ^a   Westh, Henrik ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Genomic detection; Pooled samples

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; PHOSPHATE; SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0242300199     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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