Evaluation of a serologic test for gonorrhea in a low-risk female population.
This is a report of an evaluation of a new serologic test for gonorrhea--the Gonosticon Dri-Dot Test--as compared to the standard Thayer-Martin culturing technics in a low-risk female population. The Gonosticon Dri-Dot Test detected only 50% of the gonorrhea cases discovered by the conventional culture method. Furthermore, the serologic technic accounted for 17% false-positives, indicating that a reactive Gonosticon test is not necessarily consistent with active gonococcal infection. The efficacy of the Thayer-Martin culture plate diagnostic procedure for uncomplicated gonorrhea in women was reaffirmed by this study.
D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000254:growth & development; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012306:Risk; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods*