Low positive predictive value of a nucleic acid amplification test for nongenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in homosexual men

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  McNally, Leon P ^a   Templeton, David J ^b,c   Jin, Fengyi ^b   Grulich, Andrew E ^b   Donovan, Basil ^b,d   Whiley, David M ^e   Cunningham, Philip H ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OROPHARYNX; PORA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RECTUM;

ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OROPHARYNX; PORINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 46349095844     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589299     Document Type: Article

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