Comparison of the Gen-Probe APTIMA Combo 2 assay to the AMPLICOR CT/NG assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urine samples from Australian men and women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2619-2621

  Lowe, Peter ^a,b   O'Loughlin, Peter ^a   Evans, Kathryn ^a   White, Michael ^a   Bartley, Paul B ^a   Vohra, Renu ^a  

^a QML Pathology   (Australia)

^b QML Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 33746216095     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00476-06     Document Type: Article

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