Evaluation of self-collected versus clinician-collected swabs for the detection of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae pharyngeal infection among men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1036-1039

  Freeman, Alexandra H ^a,b   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a   Kohn, Robert P ^a   Philip, Susan ^a   Rauch, Leah M ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; THROAT CULTURE;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREVALENCE; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 80054096037     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318227713e     Document Type: Article

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