Evaluation of Gen-Probe APTIMA-based Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis confirmatory testing in a metropolitan setting of high disease prevalence

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2793-2797

  Munson, Erik ^a,b,c   Boyd, Vivian ^a   Czarnecka, Jolanta ^a   Griep, Judy ^a   Lund, Brian ^a   Schaal, Nancy ^a   Hryciuk, Jeanne E ^a  

^a Wheaton Franciscan Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c Wheaton Franciscan and Midwest Clinical Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 34548664580     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00491-07     Document Type: Article

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