Performance of strand displacement amplification assay in the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Fontana, Carla ^a,b   Favaro, Marco ^a   Cicchetti, Oriana ^b   Minelli, Silvia ^b   Pistoia, Enrico Salvatore ^a   Favalli, Cartesio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Clinical Microbiology Laboratories   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PLASMID; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EYE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 27744573434     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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