Nucleic acid amplification technique for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection from clinical urogenital swabs

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-442

  Biros E ^a,b   Bodnar J ^b   Biros I ^c   Birosova E ^a   Mojzis J ^a   Hrivnak M ^a   Klimcakova L ^b   Findlay, I ^d,e   Mirossay A ^a   Mirossay, L ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Biopsy and Cytology Laboratory   (Slovakia)

^c GE Healthcare Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d GRIBBLES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLOVAKIA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLOVAKIA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 35348928195     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932100     Document Type: Article

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