Utility of urine, vaginal, cervical, and rectal specimens for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1990-1992

  Lillis, Rebecca A ^a   Nsuami, M Jacques ^a   Myers, Leann ^b   Martin, David H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM;

EID: 79955526112     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00129-11     Document Type: Article

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