High performance and acceptability of self-collected rectal swabs for diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in men who have sex with men and women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 493-497

  Van Der Helm, Jannie J ^a   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^b,c   Van Rooijen, Martijn S ^a   Brouwers, Elfi E H G ^b,c   Fennema, Han S A ^d   Thiesbrummel, Harold F J ^a   Dukers Muijrers, Nicole H T M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 68249142950     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a44b8c     Document Type: Article

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