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Comparative Study
. 2006 Mar;44(3):1084-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1084-1086.2006.

Use of flocked swabs and a universal transport medium to enhance molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Max Chernesky  1 , Santina Castriciano, Dan Jang, Marek Smieja
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Comparative Study

Use of flocked swabs and a universal transport medium to enhance molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Max Chernesky et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

The use of new flocked swabs, compared to kit swabs, enhanced the ability of three commercial nucleic acid amplification tests to detect low levels of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acids when the organisms were diluted in a universal transport medium as mocked specimens.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Swabs from NAAT kits for C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae: Becton Dickinson ProbeTec ET (A), Roche Amplicor (B), GenProbe Aptima (C), and Copan flocked swab (D).
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