TABLE 3.
Discordant-result analysis of samples positive in the BDPT N. gonorrhoeae test
| Sample no. | Sample type (gendera) | Run 1
|
MOTA score
|
Interpretationb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Operator | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | |||
| 1144 | Swab (F) | 8/2/02 | A | 8,546 | 1,249 | 166 | Negative |
| 1513 | Swab (F) | 8/19/02 | A | 7,715 | 1,885 | 904 | Negative |
| 2661 | Urine (F) | 10/4/02 | D | 3,742 | 280 | 320 | Negative |
| 3070 | Swab (F) | 11/6/02 | A | 16,943 | 461 | 390 | Negative |
| 2588 | Swab (M) | 11/8/02 | D | 4,046 | 294 | 9,288 | Positive |
| 2696 | Swab (M) | 12/20/02 | C | 5,007 | 398 | 278 | Negative |
| 2907 | Swab (F) | 12/20/02 | C | 8,360 | 342 | 122 | Negative |
| 2967 | Swab (F) | 1/13/03 | C | 2,863 | 343 | 316 | Negative |
| 1126 | Swab (F) | 2/3/03 | B | 3,295 | 556 | 14,868 | Positive |
| 2830 | Swab (F) | 2/5/03 | B | 3,412 | 188 | 288 | Negative |
| 2832 | Swab (F) | 2/5/03 | B | 23,946 | 580 | 229 | Negative |
| 445 | Swab (F) | 2/21/03 | A | 2,235 | 561 | 1,023 | Negative |
| 439 | Swab (F) | 2/24/03 | B | 20,795 | 288 | 178 | Negative |
a
M, male; F, female.
b
Positive, two of three tests with MOTA scores of ≥2,000; and negative, two of three tests with MOTA scores of <2,000.