Effect of endocervical-specimen adequacy on detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the APTIMA COMBO 2 assay

C. K. Rogers; B. J. Wood; P. Rizzo; C. A. Gaydos

doi:10.1128/JCM.00981-06

Effect of endocervical-specimen adequacy on detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the APTIMA COMBO 2 assay

C. K. Rogers, B. J. Wood, P. Rizzo, C. A. Gaydos

School of Medicine

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Six hundred one endocervical specimens were analyzed for Chlamydia trachomatis by the APTIMA Combo 2 assay and evaluated for columnar epithelial cell adequacy by direct fluorescent-antibody staining. With 5.5% positive adequate and 7.8% positive inadequate specimens (P = 0.27), the study suggested no difference in positivity rates due to specimen adequacy when this amplified technology was used.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4564-4565
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	44
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00981-06
State	Published - Dec 2006

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Effect of endocervical-specimen adequacy on detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the APTIMA COMBO 2 assay

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