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Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of N. gonorrhoeae by COBAS AMPLICOR calculated on a patient basis
| Group (no. of specimens) | Specimen | %
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence | Sensitivity | Specificity | ||
| All women (2,192) | Endocervical | 6.6 | 92.4 | 99.5 |
| Urine | 64.8 | 99.8 | ||
| Asymptomatic men (714) | Urethral | 3.6 | 73.1 | 99.0 |
| Urine | 42.3 | 99.9 | ||
| Symptomatic men (1,267) | Urethral | 29.4 | 98.1 | 98.8 |
| Urine | 94.1 | 99.9 | ||
