Vaginal Swabs Are the Specimens of Choice When Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Results From a Multicenter Evaluation of the APTIMA Assays for Both Infections - Concepedia

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Vaginal Swabs Are the Specimens of Choice When Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Results From a Multicenter Evaluation of the APTIMA Assays for Both Infections

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2005

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Julius Schachter, Max Chernesky, Dean Willis, Paul Fine, David H. Martin, Deanna Fuller, Jeanne A. Jordan, William M. Janda, Edward W. Hook

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Abstract

Vaginal swab specimens allowed sensitive and specific detection of CT and GC in the APTIMA assays. Vaginal swabs identified as many infected patients as endocervical swabs and more than FCUs, and may well be the specimen of choice for screening.

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