Comparison of first void urine and urogenital swab specimens for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction in patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 499-507

  Jensen, Jørgen Skov ^a   Björnelius, Eva ^b   Dohn, Birthe ^a   Lidbrink, Peter ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FIRST VOID URINE; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; URETHRA SWAB; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL SWAB; UTERINE CERVIX SWAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; URINE;

EID: 3342979406     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000135992.98883.e4     Document Type: Article

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