Performance of the Abbott RealTime CT/NG for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3236-3243

  Gaydos, C A ^a   Cartwright, C P ^b   Colaninno, P ^c   Welsch, J ^c   Holden, J ^a   Ho, S Y ^d   Webb, E M ^d   Anderson, C ^d   Bertuzis, R ^d   Zhang, L ^d   Miller, T ^d   Leckie, G ^d   Abravaya, K ^d   Robinson, J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ICON Central Laboratories   (United States)

^d Abbott Molecular Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URINE; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 77956823601     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01019-10     Document Type: Article

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