Head-to-head comparison of second-generation nucleic acid amplification tests for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae on urine samples from female subjects and self-collected vaginal swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2305-2310

  Chernesky, Max ^a   Jang, Dan ^a   Gilchrist, Jodi ^a   Hatchette, Todd ^b   Poirier, André ^c   Flandin, Jean Frederic ^d   Smieja, Marek ^a   Ratnam, Sam ^e,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^d Newfoundland and Labrador Public Health Laboratory   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA MULTIPLEX PCR ASSAY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DILUTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIRST VOID URINE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEAD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; URINE; VAGINA;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEAD; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINE; VAGINA;

EID: 84903764271     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03552-13     Document Type: Article

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