Comparison of Gen-Probe transcription-mediated amplification, Abbott PCR, and Roche PCR assays for detection of wild-type and mutant plasmid strains of Chlamydia trachomatis in Sweden

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3892-3895

  Møller, Jens Kjølseth ^a   Pedersen, Lisbeth Nørum ^a   Persson, Kenneth ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; URINE;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 57349096365     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00412-08     Document Type: Article

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