Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of chlamydia trachomatis infections in East European countries

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1353-1363

  Domeika, M ^a   Savicheva, A ^b   Sokolovskiy, E ^c   Frigo, N ^d   Brilene, T ^e   Hallen A ^f   Unemo, M ^g   Ballard, Rc ^h   Ward, M ⁱ   Babayan, Karen ^j   Ismailov, Rashid ^j   Shimanskaya, Iryna ^j   Pankratov, Oleg ^j   Zhurauskaya, Larisa ^j   Kudina, Oxana ^j   Chudomirova, Krasimira ^j   Galdava, George ^j   Kvivlidze, Oleg ^j   Deak, Judith ^j   Askarova, Gulsum ^j   Karibajeva, Almagul ^j   Uusupova, Dilara ^j   Danilenko, Nadegda ^j   Rubins, Andris ^j   Jacobsone, Ilze ^j   Pirsko, Judite ^j   Kucinskiene, Vesta ^j   Shipitsyna, Elena ^j   Ignatovskiy, Andrej ^j   Guschin, Alexandr ^j   Sidorenko, Sergey ^j   Kasimov, Abbos ^j   Kasimov, Olim ^j   Mavrov, Gennadij ^j   Kochetova, Natalya ^j   Ibragimov, Sharof ^j   Izvekova, Olga ^j   more..

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^c PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Central Institute for Skin and Venereal Diseases   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE   (Uzbekistan)

more..

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Eastern Europe; Guidelines; Laboratory diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EUROPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAW; MEDICAL STAFF; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 70449504773     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03328.x     Document Type: Review

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