Comparison of Methods for the Immunological Identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Clinical Specimens Using Commercially-Obtained Reagents
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 77 (4) , 456-458
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/77.4.456
Abstract
Neither an immunofluorescent nor a co-agglutination method was adequately sensitive for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae when commercially-obtained reagents were used to test oxidase positive organisms taken directly from Transgrow medium. The sensitivity of co-agglutination, the better of the two methods, was improved from 83% to 96% when organisms were subcultured for colony isolation prior to identification. False positive results were obtained with both methods.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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