Cervical specimen order and performance measures of Chlamydia trachomatis diagnostic testing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5295-5297

  Ghanem, Khalil G ^a,d   Johnson, Robert E ^b   Koumans, Emilia H ^b   Marrazzo, Jeanne M ^c   Markowitz, Lauri E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 26944459990     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5295-5297.2005     Document Type: Article

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