Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic women attending outpatient clinics in a large maternity hospital in Dublin, Ireland

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 503-505

  McMillan, H M ^b   O'Carroll, H ^b   Lambert, J S ^a,b   Grundy, K B ^b   O'Reilly, M ^b   Lennon, B ^b   Collins, C ^b   Walsh, T A ^b   Geary, M P ^b   Cafferkey, M T ^b,c  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE WOMAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33845873040     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.020990     Document Type: Article

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