Appropriate Time for Test-of-Cure when Diagnosing Gonorrhoea with a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test
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Appropriate time for test-of-cure when diagnosing gonorrhoea with a nucleic acid amplification test.
Culture is commonly regarded as the gold standard for diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. However, nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have rapidly replaced culture for diagnostics in many settings. The aim of the present study was to investigate the appropriate time for test-of-cure (TOC) when NAATs are used for diagnosis of gonorrhoea. In total, 30 patients (28 men and 2 women) provided ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato Venereologica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1275