Evaluation of self-collected glans and rectal swabs from men who have sex with men for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by use of nucleic acid amplification tests

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1657-1662

  Moncada, Jeanne ^a,c   Schachter, Julius ^a   Liska, Sally ^a   Shayevich, Clara ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS GLANS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URETHRA; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PENIS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF-EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GLANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 66749174062     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02269-08     Document Type: Article

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