TABLE 1.
Numbers of CS and ThinPrep L-Pap samples identifying women infected with C. trachomatis and/or N. gonorrhoeae using the AMP, APTIMA,a and PT assays
| Organism | Profile of results with each sample type and test
|
No. of positive samples with the indicated profile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS (AC2) | ThinPrep L-Pap sample
|
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| AC2 | ACT | AGC | AMP | PT | |||
| C. trachomatis | + | + | + | + | + | 20 | |
| + | + | + | − | − | 3 | ||
| + | + | + | − | + | 1 | ||
| + | + | + | + | − | 3 | ||
| − | + | + | + | − | 2 | ||
| − | + | + | − | + | 0 | ||
| N. gonorrhoeae | + | + | + | + | + | 5 | |
| + | + | + | − | + | 1 | ||
| + | + | + | + | − | 1 | ||
a
APTIMA assays include AC2, ACT, and AGC.