Mucus digestion improves the detection of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae on the cobas 4800

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 733-734

  Miller, Amanda ^a   Bromhead, Collette ^a   Jones, Mark ^a   Tustin, Paul ^a  

^a Aotea Pathology Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN; MUCUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MUCUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865500510     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318259efe2     Document Type: Article

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