Comparison of three nucleic acid amplification tests for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3041-3045

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a   Theodore, Mellisa ^a   Dalesio, Nicholas ^a   Wood, Billie Jo ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 3142696948     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3041-3045.2004     Document Type: Article

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