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Unit Code 800160:
Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Nucleic Acid Amplification

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Method Description

The BD ProbeTec ET Neisseria gonorrhoeae amplified DNA

assay uses homogenous strand displacement amplification technology

as the amplification method and fluorescent energy transfer as the

detection method to test for the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

DNA in clinical specimens. The BD ProbeTec ET test is Food and

Drug Administration (FDA)-approved.

 

(Chan EL, Brandt K, Olienus K, et al:  Performance characteristics of the

Becton Dickinson ProbeTec System for direct detection of

Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in male and

female urine specimens in comparison with the Roche Cobas

System. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000;124:1649-1652)

Performing Laboratory Location

Jacksonville

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