TABLE 5.
COBAS AMPLICOR NG PCR and cppB PCR-EIA performed directly on specimens and on Neisseria-like colonies cultured from specimens from 35 female occupational sex workers
| No. of specimens (source) | Resulta of:
|
Organism isolated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct testing
|
Testing of Neisseria-like colonies
|
||||
| CA NG | cppB PCR-EIA | CA NG | cppB PCR-EIA | ||
| 25 (cervix) | − | − | − | ||
| 10 (cervix) | + | − | − | ||
| 14 (throat) | − | − | − | ||
| 17 (throat) | + | − | − | ||
| 1 (throat) | − | − | + | − | N. meningitidis group A |
| 3b (throat) | + | − | + | − | N. perflava |
| 1b (throat) | + | − | − | + | N. cinerea |
a
−, negative; +, positive.
b
From one sample, N. perflava and N. cinerea were isolated.