Modern diagnosis of chlamydia trachomatis infections;Moderne diagnostik der chlamydia-trachomatis-infektion

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Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Meyer, T ^a  

^a Labor Prof Arndt and Partner   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen test; Chlamydia trachomatis detection; Culture; Hybridisation; Nucleic acid amplification test (NAT)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33846471777     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-006-1266-9     Document Type: Article

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