Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in north American women by testing SurePath liquid-based pap specimens in APTIMA assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2434-2438

  Chernesky, Max ^a   Freund, Gregory G ^b   Hook III, Edward ^c   Leone, Peter ^d   D'Ascoli, Peter ^e   Martens, Mark ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Planned Parenthood of Minnesota/South Dakota   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORTH AMERICA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORTH AMERICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 34548077182     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00013-07     Document Type: Article

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