Assessment of self taken swabs versus clinician taken swab cultures for diagnosing gonorrhoea in women: Single centre, diagnostic accuracy study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7887, 2012, Pages

  Stewart, Catherine M W ^a   Schoeman, Sarah A ^a   Booth, Russell A ^a   Smith, Susan D ^a   Wilcox, Mark H ^a   Wilson, Janet D ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOCERVICAL SWAB; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VULVOVAGINAL SWAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CERVIX UTERI; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA; VULVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871171761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8107     Document Type: Article

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