| Literature DB >> 15750129 |
Dirk S Luijt1, Petra A J Bos, Anton A van Zwet, Pieter C van Voorst Vader, Jurjen Schirm.
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A total of 3,023 clinical specimens were tested for Neisseria gonorrhoeae by using COBAS AMPLICOR (CA) PCR and confirmation of positives by N. gonorrhoeae-specific 16S rRNA PCR. The sensitivity of CA plus 16S rRNA PCR was 98.8%, compared to 68.2% for culture. Confirmation of CA positives increased the positive predictive value from 54.8 to 96.6%.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15750129 PMCID: PMC1081235 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1445-1447.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948