The Microbial Communities in Male First Catch Urine Are Highly Similar to Those in Paired Urethral Swab Specimens

Urine is the CDC-recommended specimen for STI testing. It was unknown if the bacterial communities (microbiomes) in urine reflected those in the distal male urethra. We compared microbiomes of 32 paired urine and urethral swab specimens obtained from adult men attending an STD clinic, by 16S rRNA PC...

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Autores principales: Dong, Qunfeng, Nelson, David E., Toh, Evelyn, Diao, Lixia, Gao, Xiang, Fortenberry, J. Dennis, Van Der Pol, Barbara
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21603636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019709

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21603636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019709

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