PreservCyt transport medium used for the ThinPrep Pap test is a suitable medium for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the COBAS amplicor CT/NG test: Results of a preliminary study and future implications

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1749-1754

  Bianchi, Anne ^a   Moret, François ^a   Desrues, Jean Marc ^a   Champenois, Thierry ^a   Dervaux, Yves ^a   Desvouas, Orlane ^a   Oursin, André ^a   Quinzat, Dominique ^a   Dachez, Roger ^a   Bathelier, Christian ^a   Ronsin, Christophe ^a  

^a LCL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 18344377873     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1749-1754.2002     Document Type: Article

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