Review of use of a new rapid real-time PCR, the Cepheid GeneXpert ® (Xpert) CT/NG assay, for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Results for patients while in a clinical setting

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-137

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cepheid GeneXpert ; Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; ocular samples; point of care; rapid real time PCR; rectal samples

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84894579463     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: 17448352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.2014.871495     Document Type: Review

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