Ability of new APTIMA CT and APTIMA GC assays to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in male urine and urethral swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Chernesky, M A ^a   Martin, D H ^b   Hook, E W ^c   Willis, D ^d   Jordan, J ^e   Wang, S ^f   Lane, J R ^f   Fuller, D ^h   Schachter, J ^g  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Florida State Department of Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIMA CT ASSAY; APTIMA GC ASSAY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URETHRA; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 11844251243     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.127-131.2005     Document Type: Article

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