BD ProbeTec ET assay for the diagnosis of gonorrhoea in a high-risk population: A protocol for replacing traditional microscopy and culture techniques

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-179

  Ryan, Claire ^b   Kudesia, Goura ^a,b   McIntyre, Sharon ^b   Davies, Steve ^b   Zadik, Paul ^b   Kinghorn, George R ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34347231340     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.021816     Document Type: Article

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