Screening tests for Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the cobas 4800 PCR system do not require a second test to confirm: An audit of patients issued with equivocal results at a sexual health clinic in the Northwest of England, UK

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 495-497

  Hopkins, Mark J ^a   Smith, Godfrey ^a   Hart, Ian J ^a   Alloba, Fath ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENGLAND; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE;

EID: 84871371268     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050535     Document Type: Article

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