Microbiological diagnosis of gonorrhoea

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Jephcott, A E ^a  

^a Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVIEW; SECRETIONS; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 79960027321     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.4.245     Document Type: Review

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