High prevalence detection of chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction in endocervical samples of infertile women attending university hospital in Manaus-Amazonas, Brazil

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 220-226

  De Lima Freitas, Norma Suely ^a   Borborema Santos, Cristina Maria ^a   Das Neves, Dária Barroso Serrão ^a,b   De Oliveira, Cintia Mara Costa ^a   Ferreira, Júnia Raquel Dutra ^a   Astolfi Filho, Spartaco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b Francisca Mendes University Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chlamydia trachomatis; Infertile women; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555168129     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324798     Document Type: Article

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