Effect of nucleic acid amplification testing on detection of extragenital gonorrhea and chlamydial infections in men who have sex with men sexually transmitted disease clinic patients

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 168-172

  Barbee, Lindley A ^a,b   Dombrowski, Julia C ^a,b   Kerani, Roxanne ^a,b,c   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 84894462714     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000093     Document Type: Article

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