TABLE 2.

Results of supplementary testing using the BD Max GC real-time PCR assay on samples positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the BD ProbeTec GC Qx amplified DNA assay run on the BD Viper system

No. of samples BD Viper positive	No. of samples positive/negative by BD Max GC real-time PCR confirmatory testing
	Positive	Negative (% of BD Viper positive)a
		Male			Female
		Pharynx	Urine	Rectum	Pharynx	Vaginal	Urine	Cervix
322	252	27 (33)	19 (14)	3 (15)	8 (57)	8 (24)	4 (50)	1 (33)

^aAll 70 negative samples were negative also in the Aptima Combo 2 NAAT (Hologic); however, one of the vaginal samples was repeatedly positive in the gonococcal dual-target PCR (21).