Evaluation of opa-based real-time PCR for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-202

  Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a   Chen, Shujun ^a   Tapsall, John ^b   Garland, Suzanne M ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; LABORATORY TEST; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VICTORIA;

EID: 13944275956     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000154495.24519.bf     Document Type: Article

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