title: Use of flocked swabs and a universal transport medium to enhance molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare and Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, 50 Charlton Ave. East, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada. chernesk@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chernesky
authors.forename: Santina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Castriciano
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smieja
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media