Point-of-care management of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis via Gram-stained smear analysis in male high-risk patients. Diagnostic accuracy and costeffectiveness before and after changing the screening indication at the STI Clinic in Amsterdam

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 479-484

  Bartelsman, M ^a   Van Rooijen, M S ^a   Alba, S ^b   Vaughan, K ^b   Faber, W R ^a,c   Straetemans, M ^a   De Vries, H J C ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINED SMEAR ANALYSIS; GRAM STAINING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946484121     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051941     Document Type: Article

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