Vaginal swabs are the specimens of choice when screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Results from a multicenter evaluation of the APTIMA assays for both infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 725-728

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Florida State Department of Health   (United States)

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

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Center for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICS; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINE; VAGINA;

EID: 28644448317     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000190092.59482.96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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