Rapid Antigen Testing Compares Favorably with Transcription-Mediated Amplification Assay for the Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in Young Women | Zendy

J. S. Huppert | Zendy; Joel E. Mortensen | Zendy; Jennifer L. Reed | Zendy; Jessica A. Kahn | Zendy; Kimberly D. Rich | Zendy; William C. Miller | Zendy; M. M. Hobbs | Zendy

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Rapid Antigen Testing Compares Favorably with Transcription-Mediated Amplification Assay for the Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in Young Women

Author(s) -

J. S. Huppert,

Joel E. Mortensen,

Jennifer L. Reed,

Jessica A. Kahn,

Kimberly D. Rich,

William C. Miller,

M. M. Hobbs

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/518851

Subject(s) - trichomonas vaginalis , medicine , nucleic acid amplification tests , antigen , trichomonas , gynecology , obstetrics , virology , immunology , chlamydia trachomatis

Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection is limited by imperfect testing methods. Newer tests, such as rapid antigen and nucleic acid amplification tests, are often compared with culture, which is not widely used but is more sensitive than wet mount. We assessed the sensitivity and specificity of 4 tests for the identification of TV using 3 statistical approaches.

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