The prevalence of urogenital micro-organisms detected by a multiplex PCR-reverse line blot assay in women attending three sexual health clinics in Sydney, Australia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1010-1016

  McKechnie, Michelle L ^a,b   Hillman, Richard J ^b   Jones, Rachel ^a,c   Lowe, Penelope C ^c   Couldwell, Deborah L ^c   Davies, Stephen C ^d   King, Fiona ^d   Kong, Fanrong ^b   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c Parramatta Sexual Health Clinic   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABNORMAL VAGINAL ODOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENITAL LUMP; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CENTER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE LINE BLOT ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL CYST; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VULVOVAGINAL DISCOMFORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959522440     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.029108-0     Document Type: Article

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