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Research on Chlamydia Described by R. Rockett and Colleagues

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 20th, 2011

2011 JAN 20 -- In this recently published study, investigators in Brisbane, Australia conducted a study "To investigate the performance of the fully automated cobas 4800 CT/NG test for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The study was conducted using 900 clinical specimens (496 urine and 404 swab specimens) for C trachomatis testing, of which 498 specimens (318 urine and 180 swab specimens) were also tested for N gonorrhoeae."

"The results of the cobas 4800 CT/NG test were compared with those obtained from the Roche COBAS AMPLICOR CT/NG and COBAS TaqMan CT assays. N gonorrhoeae-positive specimens were further tested using...

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