Enhancing the Specificity of the COBAS AMPLICOR CT/NG Test for Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Retesting Specimens with Equivocal Results

The COBAS AMPLICOR CT/NG test for Neisseria gonorrhoeae cross-reacts with certain strains of nonpathogenic Neisseria species. In some strains, the target sequence is identical to that of N. gonorrhoeae, whereas other strains have a small number of mismatches within the regions recognized by the prim...

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Main Authors: Van Der Pol, Barbara, Martin, David H., Schachter, Julius, Quinn, Thomas C., Gaydos, Charlotte A., Jones, Robert B., Crotchfelt, Kimberly, Moncada, Jeanne, Jungkind, D., Turner, Buffy, Peyton, Cynthia, Kelly, James F., Weiss, Judith B., Rosenstraus, Maurice
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2001
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88302/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11526134
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.9.3092-3098.2001
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