Introduction of routine polymerase chain reaction testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a community laboratory

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-388

  Upton, Arlo ^a   Wilson, Janet ^a   Bissessor, Liselle ^a  

^a not available   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

diagnosis; gonorrhoea; nucleic acid amplification testing.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA; VALIDATION STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881187636     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH12213     Document Type: Article

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