Utility of pooled urine specimens for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in men attending public sexually transmitted infection clinics in Mumbai, India, by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1674-1677

  Lindan, Christina ^a   Mathur, Meenakshi ^c   Kumta, Sameer ^c   Jerajani, Hermangi ^c   Gogate, Alka ^d   Schachter, Julius ^b   Moncada, Jeanne ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Mumbai District AIDS Control Society   (India)

^e SFGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMEAR; TUBE; URETHRA; URINALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINE;

EID: 16844368985     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1674-1677.2005     Document Type: Article

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