Nucleic acid amplification of the opa gene for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Experience from a diagnostic laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1128-1129

  Maze, M J ^a,b   Young, Sheryl ^a   Creighton, Julie ^a   Anderson, Trevor ^a   Werno, Anja ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OPA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORA PSEUDOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PORINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 79952345600     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01624-10     Document Type: Article

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