TABLE 1.
Detection of isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, nongonococcal Neisseria species, and closely related species in the BD Max GC real-time PCR assay
| Bacterial species | No. of isolates: |
|
|---|---|---|
| By species | Positive by BD Max GC real-time PCR | |
| Gonococcal | ||
| N. gonorrhoeaea | 189 | 189 |
| Nongonococcal Neisseria | ||
| N. meningitidisb | 150 | 0 |
| N. lactamica | 20 | 0 |
| N. flavescens | 20 | 0 |
| N. subflava | 13 | 0 |
| N. mucosa | 12 | 0 |
| N. sicca | 11 | 0 |
| N. cinerea | 10 | 1 |
| N. perflava | 8 | 0 |
| N. gonorrhoeae subsp. kochii | 4 | 0 |
| N. flava | 2 | 0 |
| N. sicca/subflava | 2 | 0 |
| N. polysaccharea | 1 | 0 |
| N. animalis | 1 | 0 |
| N. weaver | 1 | 0 |
| N. caviae | 1 | 0 |
| Other Neisseria species | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 261 | 1 |
| Closely related species | ||
| Kingella denitrificans | 3 | 0 |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 3 | 0 |
| Moraxella osloensis | 1 | 0 |
| Other Moraxella species | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 |
a
N. gonorrhoeae isolates reflecting temporally (isolated from 1973 to 2013), geographically (mainly a global panel), and genetically different strains.
b
N. meningitidis isolates reflecting temporally, geographically, and genetically different strains.