How to detect chlamydia trachomatis in males?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-22

  Eley, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First void urine; Molecular diagnostics; Semen

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS; URODYNAMICS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; URETHRA; URINE;

EID: 79251491320     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.010363     Document Type: Review

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