TABLE 2.

N. gonorrhoeae Culture Recovery by Time of Culture Collection

Time from NAAT Specimen collection to Culture Specimen Collection	Anatomic Site	N. gonorrhoeae Culture Specimen(s) Collected	N. gonorrhoeae-Positive Culture Specimen(s)	N. gonorrhoeae Culture Recovery (%)	p-value a
					Same Day vs 1–7 Days
Same Day	Urethral	6042	5691	94.2%	<0.0001
	Endocervical	193	141	73.1%	0.009
	Vaginal	53	32	60.4%	0.07, nsb
	Rectal	1068	586	54.9%	<0.0001
	Pharyngeal	1039	453	43.6%	<0.0001
					1–7 Days vs 8–14 Days
1–7 Days	Urethral	338	192	56.8%	<0.0001
	Endocervical	91	52	57.1%	0.04
	Vaginal	46	19	41.3%	0.31, ns
	Rectal	1155	381	33.0%	0.06, ns
	Pharyngeal	1754	410	23.4%	0.05
					8–14 Days vs ≥ 15 Days
8–14 Days	Urethral	96	31	32.3%	0.88, ns
	Endocervical	55	21	38.2%	0.80, ns
	Vaginal	25	7	28.0%	0.22, ns
	Rectal	401	112	27.9%	0.06, ns
	Pharyngeal	659	129	19.6%	0.009
≥15 Days	Urethral	39	13	33.3%
	Endocervical	24	8	33.3%
	Vaginal	9	5	55.6%
	Rectal	181	38	21.0%
	Pharyngeal	226	27	11.9%

^a,Culture recovery data from consecutive time categories was analyzed with Fisher’s exact test or Chi Square test with Yate’s correction where applicable.

^b,not significant