Nucleic-Acid Amplification Testing of Urine vs. Patient Complaint-Driven Evaluation

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 572-577

  Chase, Peter B ^a   Hansen, Kevan L ^b   Rothers, Janet ^a   Biros, Michelle H ^b   Cartwright, Charles P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chlamydia; gonorrhea; STD; trichomonas; urine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952547994     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.057     Document Type: Article

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