Sampling technique and detection rates for pharyngeal gonorrhea using culture

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 522-524

  Razali, Mohamed F ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Hocking, Jane ^b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^b,c   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE MEDIA; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955126401     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181d73cc7     Document Type: Article

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