Prevalence of Chlamydia infection among women visiting a gynaecology outpatient department: Evaluation of an in-house PCR assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Patel, Achchhe L ^a   Sachdev, Divya ^a   Nagpal, Poonam ^a   Chaudhry, Uma ^a   Sonkar, Subash C ^a   Mendiratta, Suman L ^b   Saluja, Daman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956487197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-9-24     Document Type: Article

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