Determination of Infectious Load of Mycoplasma genitalium in Clinical Samples of Human Vaginal Cells

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 746-752

  Blaylock, Mark W ^a   Musatovova, Oxana ^a   Baseman, Janet G ^b   Baseman, Joel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 1242314280     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.746-752.2004     Document Type: Article

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