Three years of using Aptima Combo 2 (AC2) transcription-mediated amplification for gonorrhoea in a district hospital genitourinary medicine clinic shows it to be superior to culture and has a specificity of almost 100%.
O'Mahony
Colm
C
Reeve-Fowkes
Amy
A
Worthen
Elaine
E
Mallinson
Harry
H
D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D006113:United Kingdom