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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Aug 11;25(5):623–627. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.001

Table 1.

Combined test performance by assay type and pathogen

Men who have sex with men, transgender women and female sex workers Cobas CT Xpert Test Performance % (95% CI)
Positive Negative
Xpert CT (new test) Positive 144 8 PPA 96.7% (92.3%–98.9%)
Negative 5 169 NPA 95.5% (91.3%–98.0%)
ORA 96.0% (93.3%–97.8%)
Men who have sex with men, transgender women and female sex workers Cobas NG
Positive Negative
PPA 93.0% (86.1%–97.1%)
Xpert NG (new test) Positive 93 0 NPA 100.0% (98.3%–100.0%)
Negative 7 226 ORA 97.8% (95.6%–99.1%)

CT, Chlamydia trachomatis; NG, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; NPA, negative percentage agreement; ORA, overall rate of agreement; PPA, positive percentage agreement.