Evaluation of a new multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay STDFinder for the simultaneous detection of 7 sexually transmitted disease pathogens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Muvunyi, Claude Mambo ^a,b   Dhont, Nathalie ^c,d   Verhelst, Rita ^c   Crucitti, Tania ^e   Reijans, Martin ^f   Mulders, Brit ^f   Simons, Guus ^f   Temmerman, Marleen ^c   Claeys, Geert ^a   Padalko, Elizaveta ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Butare   (Rwanda)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Projet Ubuzima   (Rwanda)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f PathoFinder BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Herpes simplex virus type 1 2; Multiplex PCR; Mycoplasma genitalium; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; STDFinder; Treponema pallidum; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RWANDA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 80051663818     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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