ABSTRACT
Fast, sensitive molecular diagnostic tests that use urine or self-collected swabs may lead to more screening opportunities and be more acceptable to patients, resulting in faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and Mycoplasma genitalium infection.
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- Matifadza Hlatshwayo, MD, MPH
- Hilary E. L. Reno, MD, PhD
- Melanie L. Yarbrough, PhD⇑
- Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
- ADDRESS:
Melanie L. Yarbrough, PhD, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, Saint Louis, MO 63110; myarbro{at}wustl.edu
ABSTRACT
Fast, sensitive molecular diagnostic tests that use urine or self-collected swabs may lead to more screening opportunities and be more acceptable to patients, resulting in faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and Mycoplasma genitalium infection.
- © 2019 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.