High occurrence of a new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis escaping diagnostic tests among STI clinic patients in Stockholm, Sweden

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-64

  Marions, Lena ^a   Rotzen Ostlund, Maria ^a   Grillner, Lena ^a   Edgardh, Karin ^a   Tiveljung Lindell, Annika ^a   Wikstrom, Arne ^a   Lidbrink, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; WILD TYPE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS; URETHRA; URINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SWEDEN; URETHRA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 39649123540     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318141feac     Document Type: Article

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