Polymorph count for predicting non-gonococcal urethral infection: A model using Chlamydia trachomatis diagnosed by ligase chain reaction

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-200

  Haddow, L J ^a   Bunn, A ^a   Copas, A J ^b   Gilson, R ^b   Prince, M ^c   Ridgway, G L ^c   Sadiq, S T ^b,d  

^a Camden Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSURIA; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 2942545728     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.006924     Document Type: Article

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