title: Implementation of Oral and Rectal Gonococcal and Chlamydial Nucleic Acid Amplification-Based Testing as a Component of Local Health Department Activities.
abstract: From January 1, 2014, to May 31, 2015, 452 individuals received extragenital nucleic acid amplification-based Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis testing through public health venues. Seventy-four individuals (16%) tested positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and/or Chlamydia trachomatis at an extragenital site and 40 (54%) would not have been effectively diagnosed and treated in the absence of extragenital testing.
authors.affiliation: From the *Forsyth County Department of Public Health; and †Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nall
authors.forename: Breona
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Candice J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: Laura H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Bachmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult