Comparison of the urine leukocyte esterase test to a nucleic acid amplification test for screening non-health care-seeking male soldiers for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 770-772

  Wood, Billie Jo ^a   Gaydos, Joel C ^b   McKee Jr , Kelly T ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34447517259     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.7.770     Document Type: Article

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