Women find it easy and prefer to collect their own vaginal swabs to diagnose Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 729-733

  Chernesky, Max A ^a,k   Hook III, Edward W ^b   Martin, David H ^c   Lane, Jeannine ^d   Johnson, Randy ^d   Jordan, Jeanne A ^e   Fuller, Deanna ^f   Willis, Dean E ^g   Fine, Paul M ^h   Janda, William M ⁱ   Schachter, Julius ^j  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Florida State Department of Health   (United States)

^h Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA SMEAR;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINA;

EID: 28644441697     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000190057.61633.8d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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