Multicenter study of nucleic acid amplification tests for detection of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae in children being evaluated for sexual abuse

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 608-613

  Black, Carolyn M ^a   Driebe, Elizabeth M ^a   Howard, Laurie A ^a   Fajman, Nancy N ^b   Sawyer, Mary K ^b   Girardet, Rebecca G ^c   Sautter, Robert L ^d   Greenwald, Earl ^d   Beck Sague, Consuelo M ^a   Unger, Elizabeth R ^a   Igietseme, Joseph U ^a   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Pinnacle Health System   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Nucleic acid amplification test; Sexual abuse; Urine test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITALIA; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES; URINE;

EID: 67649622176     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819b592e     Document Type: Review

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