Mycoplasma genitalium PCR: Does freezing of specimens affect sensitivity?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3624-3627

  Carlsen, Katrina Hutton ^a   Jensen, Jorgen Skov ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM;

EID: 77957761111     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00232-10     Document Type: Article

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