The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the endocervical swab specimens of symptomatic, asymptomatic and infertile women in Turkey

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1349-1355

  Eksi, Fahriye ^a   Dikensoy, Ebru ^a   Gayyurhan, Efgan Dogan ^a   Balci, Iclal ^a   Balat, Ozcan ^a   Karsligil, Tekin ^a   Bayram, Aysen ^a   Komurcu, Ozge ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic women; C. trachomatis; Infertile women; N. gonorrhoeae; Symptomatic women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADNEXAL SENSITIVITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSURIA; ENDOCERVICAL SWAB SPECIMEN; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PAIN; POLLAKISURIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TURKEY; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956125841     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1694-8     Document Type: Article

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