Aptima combo 2 testing detected additional cases of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in men and women in community settings

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1970-1971

  Kapala, Julius ^a   Biers, Kathy ^a   Cox, Michael ^a   Kamionka, Margaret ^a   Sumner, Jeff ^a   Toor, Ramandeep ^b   Gilchrist, Jodi ^b   Jang, Dan ^b   Smieja, Marek ^b   Chernesky, Max ^b  

^a DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTIMA COMBO 2 TESTING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 79955529621     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02062-10     Document Type: Article

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