Validation of the APTIMA combo 2 assay for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae in surepath liquid-based pap test samples taken with different collection devices

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 581-583

  Chernesky, Max ^a   Jang, Dan ^a   Smieja, Marek ^a   Portillo, Eder ^a   Ewert, Ruth ^b   Pritchard, Cindy ^c   MacEachern, Diane ^c   Doucette, Christine ^d   MacDonald, Anne ^d   Kapala, Julius ^d   Sumner, Jeff ^d   Hill, Craig ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Evergreen Health Centre   (Canada)

^c YouthCentre

^d DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^e Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIMA COMBO 2 ASSAY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 70349303682     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a4c3fc     Document Type: Article

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