%0 Journal Article %1 mcnally_low_2008 %A McNally, Leon P %A Templeton, David J %A Jin, Fengyi %A Grulich, Andrew E %A Donovan, Basil %A Whiley, David M %A Cunningham, Philip H %D 2008 %J Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America %K Acid Amplification Anal Bacterial, Canal, Cohort Diagnostic False Gonorrhea, Homosexuality, Humans, Male, Molecular Neisseria Nucleic Oropharynx, Porins, Positive Predictive Reactions, Studies, Techniques, Tests Value gonorrhoeae, of {DNA,} %N 2 %P e25--27 %R 10.1086/589299 %T Low positive predictive value of a nucleic acid amplification test for nongenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in homosexual men %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18549310 %V 47 %X The diagnosis of nongenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection by the Becton Dickinson ProbeTec ET Chlamydia trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae Amplified DNA assay had low positive predictive value among an Australian community-based sample of homosexual men. Only 30.4\% of oropharyngeal samples and 73.7\% of anorectal samples were positive for N. gonorrhoeae by the porA assay. The accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests in this context is compromised without supplemental testing.

@article{mcnally_low_2008, abstract = {The diagnosis of nongenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection by the Becton Dickinson {ProbeTec} {ET} Chlamydia trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae Amplified {DNA} assay had low positive predictive value among an Australian community-based sample of homosexual men. Only 30.4\% of oropharyngeal samples and 73.7\% of anorectal samples were positive for N. gonorrhoeae by the {porA} assay. The accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests in this context is compromised without supplemental testing.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {{McNally}, Leon P and Templeton, David J and Jin, Fengyi and Grulich, Andrew E and Donovan, Basil and Whiley, David M and Cunningham, Philip H}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e94722f60dea827e5b33c702dae36c44/jelias}, doi = {10.1086/589299}, interhash = {a99e48435974f762dc94d7a3cb11422c}, intrahash = {e94722f60dea827e5b33c702dae36c44}, issn = {1537-6591}, journal = {Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America}, keywords = {Acid Amplification Anal Bacterial, Canal, Cohort Diagnostic False Gonorrhea, Homosexuality, Humans, Male, Molecular Neisseria Nucleic Oropharynx, Porins, Positive Predictive Reactions, Studies, Techniques, Tests Value gonorrhoeae, of {DNA,}}, month = jul, note = {{PMID:} 18549310}, number = 2, pages = {e25--27}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:46.000+0100}, title = {Low positive predictive value of a nucleic acid amplification test for nongenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in homosexual men}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18549310}, volume = 47, year = 2008 }