Routine confirmation of positive nucleic acid amplification test results for Neisseria gonorrhoeae is not necessary

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Julius Schachter et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jan.

. 2012 Jan;50(1):208; author reply 209-10.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.06004-11.

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Evaluation of six commercial nucleic acid amplification tests for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and other Neisseria species.
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