Genital chlamydial infection: Association between clinical features, organism genotype and load

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 881-888

  Jalal, Hamid ^a   Verlander, Neville Q ^b   Kumar, Navin ^a   Bentley, Neil ^a   Carne, Christopher ^a   Sonnex, Christopher ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRANSPORT MEDIUM; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GENITAL CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL LOAD; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; URETHRA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959517876     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028076-0     Document Type: Article

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