The role of a commercial enzyme immuno assay antigen detection system for diagnosis of C. trachomatis in genital swab samples

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-413

  Mukherjee, A ^a   Sood, S ^a   Bala, M ^c   Satpathy, G ^a   Mahajan, N ^a   Kapil, A ^a   Sharma, V K ^b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Direct fluorescent antibody; enzyme linked immunosorbent serologic assay; genital Chlamydia; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 82555181680     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.90180     Document Type: Article

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