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ArticleDiagnostic microbiology and infectious disease2018

Comparison of the Cepheid GeneXpert CT/NG assay to the Hologic Aptima Combo2 assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in self-collected rectal swabs.

Laura Dize, Barbara Silver, Charlotte Gaydos

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Article in Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Point-of-care Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Review of the Literature.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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  10. Point-by-Point Progress: Gonorrhea Point of Care Tests.Expert review of molecular diagnostics · 2020
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  11. The Laboratory Diagnosis ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Laura DizeInternational Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: Ladize@gmail.com.
Barbara SilverInternational Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Charlotte GaydosInternational Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

LC: HIV Prevention Trials Network - Laboratory Support for the SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Study (CoVPN 5002)UM1AI068613 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SUSAN H ESHLEMAN, Mark A Marzinke · 2011 to 2026
$100.2M
TrainingU54EB007958 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Yukari C Manabe, Susan Anne Tuddenham · 2007 to 2026
$34.6M
NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068613NIBIB NIH HHS U54 EB007958
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-collected rectal-swabs were tested for CT and NG on GeneXpert CT/NG as compared to APTIMA Combo2. Of 448 rectal-swabs, 22 were positive for CT; 7 for NG on both assays; two were discordant. Sensitivity and specificity of GeneXpert was 95.5% and 99.7% for chlamydia, respectively; for gonorrhea both were 100%.

Indexed as

Chlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisFemaleGonorrheaHumansMaleMolecular TypingNeisseria gonorrhoeaeNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesRectumSensitivity and SpecificityChlamydiaGonorrheaNAATsRectal swabs

Identifiers

PMID29174733
PMCPMC6125782

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