Cervical specimen order and performance measures of Chlamydia trachomatis diagnostic testing.
The orders of three endocervical specimens of 3,561 women for Chlamydia trachomatis testing were randomized to determine whether test performance measures of two nucleic acid amplification tests and a DNA probe were affected by swab order. Specimen collection order did not appear to affect the diagnostic accuracy of these tests.
Ghanem
Khalil G
KG
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, B3 North, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. kghanem@jhmi.edu
Johnson
Robert E
RE
Koumans
Emilia H
EH
Marrazzo
Jeanne M
JM
Markowitz
Lauri E
LE
D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D022521:Ligase Chain Reaction; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
D015342:DNA Probes