Neisseria gonorrhoeae false-positive result obtained from a pharyngeal swab by using the roche cobas 4800 CT/NG assay in New Zealand in 2012

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1609-1610

  Upton, Arlo ^a   Bromhead, Collette ^b   Whiley, David M ^c  

^a Labtests   (New Zealand)

^b Aotea Pathology Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84876766685     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00485-13     Document Type: Article

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