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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Feb;47(2):122–127. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001101

TABLE 2.

Primary Testing Method Used for CT and GC by PHLs Offering In-house Testing

Test CT
(n = 68), n (%)
GC
(n = 72), n (%)
APTIMA Combo 2 for CT/NG (Tigris, Panther, or DTS; Hologic) 45 (66.2) 44 (61.1)
APTIMA GC (Tigris, Panther, or DTS; Hologic) 10 (13.9)
APTIMA CT (Tigris, Panther, or DTS) (Hologic) 8 (11.8)
RealTime CT/NG (Abbott) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.4)
ProbeTec ET CT/GC Amplified DNA Assays (BD) 3 (4.4) 2 (2.8)
ProbeTec CT Qx Amplified DNA Assay (for Viper; BD) 6 (8.8)
ProbeTec GC Qx Amplified DNA Assay (for Viper; BD) 6 (8.3)
GeneXpert CT/NG (Cepheid) 3 (4.4) 3 (4.2)
Cobas 4800 CT/NG (Roche) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.4)
Laboratory-developed polymerase chain reaction 1 (1.5)
Culture 5 (6.9)