Repeating low-positive nucleic acid amplification test results for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Assessment of current practice in selected California public- and private-sector laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 539-

  Chow, Joan M ^a   Bauer, Heidi M ^a   Bolan, Gail ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE LABORATORY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC LABORATORY; ROUTINE REPEAT TESTING; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84856194919     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06225-11     Document Type: Letter

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