Use of pooled urine samples and automated DNA isolation to achieve improved sensitivity and cost-effectiveness of large-scale testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4684-4690

  Rours, G I J G ^a   Verkooyen, R P ^b   Willemse, H F M ^b   Van Der Zwaan, E A E ^b   Van Belkum, A ^b   De Groot, R ^a   Verbrugh, H A ^b   Ossewaarde, J M ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 24744441010     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4684-4690.2005     Document Type: Article

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