| Literature DB >> 19005149 |
Claudiu I Bandea1, Emilia H Koumans, Mary K Sawyer, Jason Dover, Angelica O'Connor, John R Papp, Elizabeth R Unger, Jim Braxton, Carolyn M Black.
Abstract
We evaluated the performance of the BioStar Chlamydia OIA (optical immunoassay) in adolescent females (n = 261) from an inner city population. With a reference standard of two different nucleic acid amplification tests, the sensitivity and specificity of the BioStar Chlamydia OIA were 59.4 and 98.4%, respectively. Due to its relatively low sensitivity, the BioStar Chlamydia OIA should only be used in conjunction with more sensitive laboratory tests unless laboratory tests are unavailable or timely return for treatment is unlikely.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19005149 PMCID: PMC2620880 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01338-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948