Direct detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine specimens from symptomatic and asymptomatic men by using a rapid polymerase chain reaction assay.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on May 01, 1993

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G Jaschek1, C A Gaydos, L E Welsh, T C Quinn

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1: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2196.

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