Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in symptomatic and asymptomatic populations with urogenital specimens by AMP CT (Gen-Probe Incorporated) compared to others commercially available amplification assays

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-185

  De Barbeyrac, Bertille ^a   Géniaux, Marc ^a   Hocké, Claude ^b   Dupon, Michel ^a   Bébéar, Christiane ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b Service de Gynécologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0342733574     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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