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Contaminated fingers: a potential cause of Chlamydia trachomatis-positive urine specimens

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  • Philip M Giffard Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rachael A Lilliebridge Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Judith Wilson Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gerald Murray Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Samuel Phillips Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sepehr N Tabrizi Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Suzanne M Garland Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Microbiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Louise Martin Royal Darwin Hospital, Top End Health Service, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gurmeet Singh Royal Darwin Hospital, Top End Health Service, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Northern Territory Government, Northern Territory, Australia Northern Territory Medical Program, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Steven Y C Tong Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Victorian Infectious Disease Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, and The University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Deborah C Holt Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Patiyan Andersson Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Philip M Giffard, Global and Tropical Health, Menzies School of Health Research, Royal Darwin Hospital Campus, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; phil.giffard{at}menzies.edu.au
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Giffard PM, Lilliebridge RA, Wilson J, et al
Contaminated fingers: a potential cause of Chlamydia trachomatis-positive urine specimens
Sexually Transmitted Infections 2018;94:32-36.

Publication history

  • Received January 2, 2017
  • Revised April 21, 2017
  • Accepted April 29, 2017
  • First published June 9, 2017.
Online issue publication 
May 15, 2018

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