1. A commercial transcription mediated amplification assay performed better than a polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae in urine specimens from men and women.
   Lowe P, O-Loughlin P, Evans K, White M, Bartley PB, Vohra R.
   J Clin Microbiol 2006;44:2619-21.

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2. Confirmatory testing of specimens positive for C. trachomatis by nucleic acid amplification assays is unnecessary.
   Schachter J, Chow JM, Howard H, Bolan G, Moncada J.
   J Clin Microbiol 2006;44:2512-17.

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3. A commercial TMA assay was more sensitive than commercial PCR and SDA assays for the detection of C. trachomatis, making it useful as a confirmatory assay.
   Scragg S, Bingham A, Mallinson H.
   Sex Transm Infect 2006;82:295-97.

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4. Lack of effectiveness of syndromic management in targeting vaginal infections in pregnancy in Entebbe, Uganda.
   Tann CJ, Mpairwe H, Morison L, Nassimu K, Hughes P, Omara M, Mabey D, Muwanga M, Grosskurth H, Elliott AM.
   2006:82:285-89.

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5. Vaginal swab specimens were more sensitive than cervical swabs and urine specimens for the detection in women of M. genitalium by either PCR or TMA.
   Wroblewski JKH, Manhart LE, Dickey KA, Hudspeth MK, Totten PA.
   J Clin Microbiol 2006;44:3306-12.

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6. The Invader Plus method was a rapid and sensitive procedure for detection of HSV in CSF.
   Allawi HT, Li H, Sander T, Aslanukov A, Lyamichev VI, Blackman A, Elagin S, Tang Y-W.
   J Clin Microbiol 2006;44:3443-47.

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7. Two methods of self-sampling compared to clinician sampling to detect reproductive tract infections in Gugulethu, South Africa.
   Van de Wijgert J, Altini L, Jones H, de Kock A, Young T, Williamson A-L, Hoosen A, Coetzee N.
   Sex Transm Dis 2006;33:516-23.

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8. Acceptability of self-taken vaginal swabs and first-catch urine samples for the diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae with an amplified DNA assay in young women attending a public health sexually transmitted disease clinic.
   Hoebe CJPA, Rademaker CW, Brouwers EEHG, Ter Waarbeek HLG, Van Bergen JEAM.
   Sex Transm Dis 2006;33:491-95.

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9. The ligase chain reaction assay showed no reduction in sensitivity for detection of C. trachomatis when performed on cervical specimens from women in early pregnancy.
   Renton A, Thomas BM, Gill S, Lowndes C, Taylor-Robinson D, Patterson K.
   Int J STD AIDS 2006;17:443-47.

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10. Women will use the internet to request and use home collected vaginal swabs for chlamydia testing
    Gaydos CA, Dwyer K, Barnes M, Rizzo-Price PA, Wood BJ, Fleming T, Hogan MT.
    Sex Transm Dis 2006;33:451-57.

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11. There was significant variability between swab transport products in their ability to preserve the viability of fastidious and anaerobic bacteria.
    Morosini M-I, Loza E, Gutiérrez O, Almaraz F, Baquero F, Cantón R.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006;56:19-24.

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12. A PCR assay targeting the carA gene was a reliable method for the detection of N. gonorrhoeae in clinical specimens in Peru.
    Mayta H, Calderon M, Taverna J, Montenegro S, Balqui J, Campos K, Tuero I, Arevalo J, Vivar J, Vivar A, Gilman RH.
    Clin Microbiol Infect 2006;12:809-12.

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13. The results of culture, in-house polymerase chain reaction tests, and commercial direct immunofluorescence assays differed significantly for the detection of C. trachomatis.
    Shalepo K, Savicheva A, Shipitsyna E, Unemo M, Domeika M.
    APMIS 2006;114:500-507.

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14. Comparative evaluation of three different treponemal enzyme immunoassays for syphilis.
    Viriyataveekul R, Laodee N, Potprasat S, Piyophirapong S.
    J Med Assoc Thai 2006;89:773-79.

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15. PCR should be recognized as an important tool for routinely diagnosing ocular infections in any conventional laboratory.
    Kowalski RP, Thompson PP, Kinchington PR, Gordon J.
    Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:1135-39.

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16. Screening for Chlamydia with the Pap test.
    Toyne H, Glasgow N, McGuiness C, Bowden FJ, Currie MJ
    Aus Fam Phys 2006;35:743-44.

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17. Review. Nucleic acid amplification tests are highly reliable for detection of N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis.
    
    Med and Health Rhode Island Med and Health Rhode Island Med and Health Rhode Island 2006;89:202-2 Med and Health Rhode Island 2006;89:202-204.

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18. Review. Nucleic acid amplification tests are the only available diagnostic tool for M. genitalium detection.
    Ross JDC, Jensen JS.
    Sex Transm Infect 2006;82:269-71.

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19. Review. A testing algorithm should be used by laboratories screening low prevalence populations for C. trachomatis infection by nucleic acid amplification tests.
    Skidmore S, Horner P, Mallinson H, HPA Chlamydia Diagnosis Forum.
    Sex Transm Infect 2006;82:272-75.

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