Systematic review: Noninvasive testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 914-925

  Cook, Robert L ^a   Hutchison, Shari L ^b   Østergaard, Lars ^b   Braithwaite, R Scott ^b   Ness, Roberta B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINALYSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; URETHRA; URINE; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URINE;

EID: 20344374988     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-11-200506070-00010     Document Type: Review

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