Molecular detection and confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital and extragenital specimens using the Abbott CT/NG RealTime assay and an in-house assay targeting the porA pseudogene

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 561-567

  Walsh, A ^a   Rourke, F O ^a   Crowley, B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; PORINS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOGENES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955986120     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1120-y     Document Type: Article

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