Improved sensitivity from pooled urine, pharyngeal and rectal specimens when using a molecular assay for the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhoea near point of care

Sex Transm Infect. 2021 Sep;97(6):471-472. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054835. Epub 2020 Nov 13.

¹ School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia [email protected].
² School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
³ RAPID, Queensland Positive People, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Metro North Public Health Unit, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Windsor, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ The Kirby Insitute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
⁷ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Pathology Queensland, Queensland Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia.

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Keywords: chalmydia trachomatis; neisseria gonorrhoeae; molecular diagnostic techniques; point-of-care testing.

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