Use of multiple nucleic acid amplification tests to define the infected-patient "gold standard" in clinical trials of new diagnostic tests for Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4749-4758

  Martin, David H ^a   Nsuami, Malanda ^a   Schachter, Julius ^b   Hook III, Edward W ^d   Ferrero, Dennis ^c   Quinn, Thomas C ^e,f   Gaydos, Charlotte ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c S Joaquin Co Pub Hlth Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; URINALYSIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 5444246712     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4749-4758.2004     Document Type: Article

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