Evaluation of one-sample testing of self-obtained vaginal swabs and first catch urine samples separately and in combination for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis by two amplified DNA assays in women visiting a sexually transmitted disease clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 533-535

  Van Dommelen, Laura ^a   Dukers Muijrers, Nicole ^a,b   Van Tiel, Frank H ^a   Brouwers, Elfi E H G ^b   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINE; VAGINA;

EID: 79957658293     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318205e435     Document Type: Article

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