Aptima Combo 2 Testing Detected Additional Cases of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection in Men and Women in Community Settings Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • ABSTRACT Aptima Combo 2 (AC2) Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing of 81,405 patients who were tested by culture and 14,666 who were AC2 tested for Chlamydia trachomatis detected 142 extra infections and confirmed 106 culture-positive samples (the positivity rate increased from 0.13 in testing by culture to 0.26 in testing by AC2). Retrievable AC2 positive samples were confirmed (98.5%) by an alternate AGC test.

authors

  • Kapala, Julius
  • Biers, Kathy
  • Cox, Michael
  • Kamionka, Margaret
  • Sumner, Jeff
  • Toor, Ramandeep
  • Gilchrist, Jodi
  • Jang, Dan
  • Smieja, Marek
  • Chernesky, Max

publication date

  • May 2011