Sampling for Chlamydia trachomatis infection - A comparison of vaginal, first-catch urine, combined vaginal and first-catch urine and endocervical sampling

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-287

  Falk, L ^a,b   Coble, B I ^b   Mjornberg P A ^c   Fredlund, H ^d,e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Sexually transmitted infections; Vaginal sampling; Women

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950831103     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009440     Document Type: Article

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