External Quality Assessment for the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Urine Using Molecular Techniques in Belgium

Table 1

C. trachomatis EQA urine samples.

Name	Year	Content (copies/vial)	Status	Penalty	Name	Year	Content (copies/vial)	Status	Penalty
CTA08-01	2008	570	Detected	2	CTA10-01	2010	280	Detected	2
CTA08-02	2008	6	Infrequently detected	1	CTA10-02	2010	5700	Frequently detected	3
CTA08-03	2008	5700	Frequently detected	3	CTA10-03^b	2010	ND	Frequently detected	3
CTA08-04^a	2008	57	Infrequently detected	1	CTA10-04	2010	57	Infrequently detected	1
CTA08-05	2008	0	Negative	3	CTA10-05	2010	280	Detected	2
CTA08-06	2008	570	Detected	2	CTA10-06	2010	0	Negative	3
CTA08-07	2008	57	Infrequently detected	1	CTB10-01	2010	280	Detected	2
CTB08-01	2008	570	Detected	2	CTB10-02	2010	57	Detected	2
CTB08-02	2008	5700	Frequently detected	3	CTB10-03	2010	5700	Frequently detected	3
CTB08-03	2008	57	Infrequently detected	1	CTB10-04	2010	0	Negative	3
CTB08-04	2008	0	Negative	3	CTB10-05^b	2010	ND	Frequently detected	3
CTB08-05	2008	57	Infrequently detected	1	CTB10-06	2010	280	Detected	2
CTB08-06	2008	570	Detected	2	CTA11-01	2011	50	Infrequently detected	1
CTB08-07^b	2008	ND	Infrequently detected	1	CTA11-02	2011	0	Negative	3
CTA09-01	2009	57	Infrequently detected	1	CTA11-03	2011	400	Detected	2
CTA09-02	2009	570	Detected	2	CTA11-04^b	2011	10^6	Frequently detected	3
CTA09-03	2009	0	Negative	3	CTA11-05	2011	5000	Frequently detected	3
CTA09-04	2009	570	Detected	2	CTB11-01	2011	50	Infrequently detected	1
CTA09-05	2009	5700	Frequently detected	3	CTB11-02	2011	5000	Frequently detected	3
CTA09-06	2009	57	Infrequently detected	1	CTB11-03^b	2011	10^6	Frequently detected	3
CTA09-07^b	2009	ND	Frequently detected	3	CTB11-04	2011	0	Negative	3
CTB09-01	2009	570	Detected	2	CTB11-05	2011	400	Detected	2
CTB09-02^b	2009	ND	Frequently detected	3	CTA12-01^b	2012	2000	Detected	2
CTB09-03	2009	0	Negative	3	CTA12-02	2012	0	Negative	3
CTB09-04	2009	570	Detected	2	CTA12-03	2012	1000	Detected	2
CTB09-05	2009	5700	Frequently detected	3	CTA12-04	2012	250	Detected	2
CTB09-06^a	2009	57	Infrequently detected	1	CTA12-05	2012	4000	Frequently detected	3
CTB09-07	2009	57	Infrequently detected	1

C. trachomatis + N. gonorrhoeae (from 6 ⋅ 10⁵ to 5 ⋅ 10⁶ CFU/vial).
^bSwedish variant missing 377 bp of the cryptic plasmid [11].