Clinic-based evaluation of a rapid point-of-care test for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in specimens from sex workers in Escuintla, Guatemala

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 475-476

  Sabido M ^a,b,c,d   Hernandez G ^d   Gonzalez V ^e   Valles X ^a   Montoliu, A ^c,e   Figuerola, J ^a   Isern, V ^e   Vinado B ^f   Figueroa, L ^g   Casabona, J ^a,b,c,e  

^a Fundacio SIDA i Societat   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d ICO/Health Department ^*  (Spain)

^e ICO/Health Department   (Spain)

^f Laboratori Clinic Bon Pastor   (Spain)

^g Primary Health Care Centre   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUATEMALA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60849111094     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01975-08     Document Type: Article

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