Trends in gonorrhoea positivity by nucleic acid amplification test versus culture among Australian heterosexual men with a low prevalence of gonorrhoea, 2007-2014

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 625-628

  Mannion, Patrick K ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Fehler, Glenda ^a   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^c,d,e   Tan, Wei Sheng ^a,f   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b   Chow, Eric P F ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chlamydia Trachomatis; Epidemiology (General); Gonorrhoea; Men

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959377828     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052246     Document Type: Article

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