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2002 Laboratory Guidelines Screening Tests To Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections

From MMWR Recommendations and Reports, Volume 51, Number RR-15, October 18, 2002

  

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Summary
Since publication of CDC's 1993 guidelines (CDC. Recommendations for the prevention and management of Chlamydia trachomatis infections, 1993. MMWR 1993;42[No. RR-12]:1--39), nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have been introduced as critical new tools to diagnose and treat C. trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections. NAATs for C. trachomatis are substantially more sensitive than previous tests. ... more
 

 

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