Comparison of flocked and Aptima swabs and two specimen transport media in the Aptima combo 2 assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3808-3809

  Li, Jenny ^a   Jang, Dan ^a   Gilchrist, Jodi ^a   Smieja, Marek ^a   Ewert, Ruth ^b   MacRitchie, Cindy ^c   Chernesky, Max ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Evergreen Health Centre   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FLOCKED SWAB; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NYLON FIBER; PELVIC PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION ASSAY KIT; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; URINALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL SWAB; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84907170937     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01614-14     Document Type: Article

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