This presentation describes issues commonly encountered in a real-world clinical laboratory environment, which meet the following criteria:
A lab performing routine screening and diagnostic testing for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC)
A lab using a commercially available Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT)
An accredited STD clinical laboratory
Commercial amplification assay systems for CT and GC are represented from the following sources:
Manufacturer
Assay System
Gen-Probe
APTIMA® Combo 2¹
BD Biosciences
BDProbeTec ²
Roche Diagnostics
COBAS Amplicor 3,4
APTIMA® Combo 2 Assay for in vitro diagnostic use. Package Insert.
Gen-Probe Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.
BD ProbeTec ET Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Amplified DNA Assays. Package Insert. Becton Dickinson Microbiology
Systems, Sparks, MA, USA.
COBAS AMPLICOR CT/NG Test for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Package
Insert. Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
COBAS AMPLICOR CT/NG Test for Chlamydia trachomatis. Package
Insert. Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, USA.