Comparison of COBAS AMPLICOR Neisseria gonorrhoeae PCR, including confirmation with N. gonorrhoeae-specific 16S rRNA PCR, with traditional culture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1445-1447

  Luijt, Dirk S ^a   Bos, Petra A J ^a   Van Zwet, Anton A ^a   Van Voorst Vader, Pieter C ^b   Schirm, Jurjen ^a  

^a Public Health Service of Groningen   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CULTURE MEDIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 14944350740     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1445-1447.2005     Document Type: Article

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