Use of the ligase chain reaction on urine of men and their female sexual partners for detection of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-126

  Rumpianesi, Fabio ^a,b   Donati, Manuela ^a   La Placa, Michelangelo ^a   Negosanti, Massimo ^a   D'Antuono, Antonietta ^a   Cevenini, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; LCR; Urine

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844260608     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00217.x     Document Type: Article

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