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September 28, 2012Sexually Transmitted Infections

Self-collected swabs of the urinary meatus diagnose moreChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeaeinfections than first catch urine from men

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Abstract

Collection of meatal swabs could serve as an alternative to urethral swabbing and FCU for the detection of CT and NG.

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Chernesky et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8ffd9a5ecc596b5d19056 https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050573

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