System for simultaneous detection of 16 pathogens related to urethritis to diagnose mixed infection

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-42

  Masue, Naruyasu ^a   Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Yokoi, Shigeaki ^a   Yamada, Tohru ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microplate; Real time polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); Sexually transmitted diseases (STD); Urethritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES UREOLYTICUS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA TEMPLATE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; WART VIRUS;

HUMANS; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URETHRITIS;

EID: 33845632949     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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