Affiliation:
1. Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A total of 500 first-void urine specimens were tested for the presence of
Chlamydia trachomatis
and
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
nucleic acids using ProbeTec ET reagents on a Viper platform (BD Diagnostics, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada), Aptima Combo 2 reagents on a Tigris platform (Gen-Probe, Inc., San Diego, CA), and Abbott RealTime CT/NG reagents on an
m
2000 platform (Abbott Molecular Diagnostics, Des Plaines, IL). The performance of the three assays for detection of
N. gonorrhoeae
was comparable, but detection of
C. trachomatis
by the three assays showed more variation. All three platforms were suitable for the detection of
C. trachomatis
and
N. gonorrhoeae
, but additional factors, such as maximum daily specimen throughput, are important in evaluating automated systems for
C. trachomatis
and
N. gonorrhoeae
detection in high-volume laboratories.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Cited by
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