Evaluation of the Abbott RealTime™ CT assay with the BD ProbeTec™ ET assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in a clinical microbiology laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Walsh, Anne ^a   Rourke, Fiona O ^a   Laoi, Bairbre Ní ^a   Crowley, Brendan ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abbott RealTime CT assay; C. trachomatis; Performance characteristics; Throughput

Indexed keywords

ABBOTT REALTIME CT ASSAY; AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BD PROBETEC ET ASSAY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCERVICAL SWAB; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IN HOUSE REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NESTED PCR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION; URINALYSIS;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

EID: 64049089601     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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