Performance of a Commercial Polymerase Chain
Reaction Test for Endocervical Chlamydia trachomatis
Infection in a University Hospital Population

C. H. Livengood III; K. A. Boggess; J. W. Wrenn; A. P. Murtha

doi:10.1155/S1064744998000453

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1998)

Performance of a Commercial Polymerase Chain Reaction Test for Endocervical Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in a University Hospital Population

C. H. Livengood III,
K. A. Boggess,
J. W. Wrenn,
A. P. Murtha

Affiliations

C. H. Livengood III: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chlamydia Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3291, Duke Hospital, Durham 27710, NC, USA
K. A. Boggess: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chlamydia Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3291, Duke Hospital, Durham 27710, NC, USA
J. W. Wrenn: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chlamydia Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3291, Duke Hospital, Durham 27710, NC, USA
A. P. Murtha: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chlamydia Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3291, Duke Hospital, Durham 27710, NC, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744998000453
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 5
pp. 224 – 229

Abstract

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Objectives: To examine the accuracy of a commercial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (Amplicor CTR, Roche Diagnostic Systems, Branchburg NJ) for identification of endocervical chlamydial infections through both laboratory evaluation and among a diverse teaching hospital patient population.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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