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Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid

Indications: - bacterial infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea) Specimen: 1) genital discharge 2) body fluid 3) endocervical tissue - self-collected vulvovaginal swabs at least as accurate as clinician-collected endocervical swabs 4) store body fluids at 4 degrees C 5) store tissue at -20 degrees C or below

Related

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus, GC)

Specific

Neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA Neisseria gonorrhoeae rRNA

General

infectious agent nucleic acid

References

  1. Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed., W.B. Saunders, 1995
  2. Stewart CMW Assessment of self taken swabs versus clinician taken swab cultures for diagnosing gonorrhoea in women: single centre, diagnostic accuracy study. BMJ 2012;345:e8107 PMID: 23236033 http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8107