Molecular Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis in the United States

Table 4

United states food and drug administration-approved specimen sources for commercially available Chlamydia trachomatis nucleic acid amplification testing. Data are derived from [50–52].

Modality	Symptomatic female	Symptomatic male	Asymptomatic female	Asymptomatic male
AMPLICOR	Endocervix	Urethra	Endocervix	Urethra
	Urine	Urine	Urine	Urine
BD ProbeTec ET	Endocervix	Urethra	Endocervix	Urethra
	Urine	Urine	Urine	Urine
APTIMA Combo 2	Endocervix	Urethra	Endocervix	Urethra
	Urine	Urine	Urine	Urine
	Vagina^a		Vagina^a
	Gynecology Exam^b		Gynecology Exam^b
			Vagina^c

^aClinician collected.
^bCollected in PreservCyt Solution; processed with ThinPrep 2000 system (Cytyc Corporation, Marlborough, Mass, USA).
^cPatient collected.