Can culture confirmation of gonococcal infection be improved in female subjects found to be positive by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) in community clinics?

Guduru Gopal Rao (1) , Lesley Bacon (2) , Jacqueline Evans (2) , Yemi Dejahang (2) , Ruth Hardwick (3) , Paul Michalczyk (3) , James Wong (3) , Andrés Donaldson (4)

1 NPH - Northwick Park Hospital [Harrow, UK]
2 Department of Community Sexual and Reproductive Health, Lewisham Primary Care Trust, London
3 Microbiology Department, University Hospital Lewisham, London
4 King‘s College London

Use of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs), such as strand displacement assay (SDA, BD ProbeTec™ C.trachomatis / N.gonorrhoeae Amplified DNA Assay), for the detection of gonococcal infection in the community is controversial because of the possibility of false positive results in low prevalence populations.

Mots clés: CULTURE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEA; SCREENING

Guduru Gopal Rao, Lesley Bacon, Jacqueline Evans, Yemi Dejahang, Ruth Hardwick, et al.. Can culture confirmation of gonococcal infection be improved in female subjects found to be positive by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) in community clinics?. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2009, 85 (7), pp.531. ⟨10.1136/sti.2009.036525⟩. ⟨hal-00552817⟩