Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28918068›Full record

ArticleDiagnostic microbiology and infectious disease2017

A simple and rapid DNA extraction method for Chlamydia trachomatis detection from urogenital swabs.

Matthew A Butzler, Jennifer L Reed, Sally M McFall

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Article in Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthew A ButzlerCenter for Innovation in Global Health Technologies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208.
Jennifer L ReedCenter for Innovation in Global Health Technologies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208.
Sally M McFallCenter for Innovation in Global Health Technologies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208. Electronic address: s-mcfall@northwestern.edu.

Funding

TrainingU54EB007958 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Yukari C Manabe, Susan Anne Tuddenham · 2007 to 2026
$34.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS U54 EB007958
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A highly sensitive and specific Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) diagnostic test was developed by combining filtration isolation of nucleic acid (FINA) extraction with quantitative polymerase chain reaction including an internal control to identify test inhibition. A pilot study of 40 clinical specimens yielded 100% sensitivity and specificity.

Indexed as

Cervix UteriChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisDNA, BacterialFemaleHumansPilot ProjectsPolymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificityDNA, BacterialChlamydia trachomatisDiagnosisQuantitative PCRSample prepSexually transmitted disease

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PMID28918068
PMCPMC5679254

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