Analytical evaluation of GeneXpert CT/NG, the first genetic point-of-care assay for simultaneous detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1945-1947

  Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a,b   Unemo, Magnus ^c   Golparian, Daniel ^c   Twin, Jimmy ^b   Limnios, Athena E ^d   Lahra, Monica ^d   Guy, Rebecca ^e  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GENE DOSAGE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA;

EID: 84878485592     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00806-13     Document Type: Article

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