Diagnostic implications of 16S ribosomal assay for gonorrhoea

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 461-464

  Verma, Rachna ^a   Sood, Seema ^a   Bala, Manju ^b   Kapil, Arti ^a   Das, Bimal Kumar ^a   Sharma, Vinod Kumar ^a   Samantaray, Jyotish Chandra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; PORIN A;

16S RIBOSOMAL ASSAY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; PSEUDOGENES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449232725     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.041418     Document Type: Article

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