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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1084-1086, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1084-1086.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Flocked Swabs and a Universal Transport Medium To Enhance Molecular Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Max Chernesky,* Santina Castriciano, Dan Jang, and Marek Smieja

McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare and the Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6, Canada

Received 3 October 2005/ Returned for modification 9 November 2005/ Accepted 8 December 2005

The use of new flocked swabs, compared to kit swabs, enhanced the ability of three commercial nucleic acid amplification tests to detect low levels of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acids when the organisms were diluted in a universal transport medium as mocked specimens.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: St. Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Ave. East, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada. Phone: (905) 521-6021. Fax: (905) 521-6083. E-mail: chernesk{at}mcmaster.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1084-1086, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1084-1086.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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