Evaluation of the Siemens VERSANT® CT/GC DNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-142

  Bongaerts, Maarten ^a   Van De Bovenkamp, Jeroen H B ^b   Morré, Servaas A ^c   Manders, Monique E L M ^a   Heddema, Edou R ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Cobas amplicor; KPCR; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Probetec; VERSANT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 80053569598     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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