Recovery of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 4 commercially available transport systems

John R Papp; Tara Henning; Manjeet Khubbar; Valdis Kalve; Sanjib Bhattacharyya; Emily Travanty; Karen Xavier; Kelly Jones; James T Rudrik; Anne Gaynor; Celia Hagan

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.06.019

Recovery of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 4 commercially available transport systems

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Oct;86(2):144-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.06.019. Epub 2016 Jun 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: jwp6@cdc.gov.
² Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ City of Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee, WI.
⁴ Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado.
⁵ Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI.
⁶ Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, MD.

Abstract

Four commercial transport systems for the recovery of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were evaluated in support of the need to obtain culture isolates for the detection of antimicrobial resistance. Bacterial recovery from the InTray GC system was superior with minimal loss of viability in contrast to non-nutritive transport systems.

Keywords: Gonorrhea; Transport; Viable.

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
Gonorrhea / diagnosis
Humans
Male
Microbial Viability
Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification*
Neisseria gonorrhoeae / physiology
Specimen Handling / methods*

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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