Screening for Gonorrhea: Update of the Evidence: Figure 5

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Figure 5. Tests Using Urine Specimens in Women

Graph showing sensitivity and specificity of tests using women's urine specimens. Go to Text Description [D] for details.

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Data Key:

1. SDA (Chan, 2000): Sensitivity = 100%, Specificity = 99.2%
2. SDA (Van der Pol, 2001): Asymptomatic—Sensitivity = 86.5%, Specificity = 99.3%
3. SDA (Van der Pol, 2001): Symptomatic—Sensitivity = 83.7%, Specificity = 99.6%
4. TMA (Gaydos, 2003): Asymptomatic—Sensitivity = 87.5%, Specificity = 99.5%
5. TMA (Gaydos, 2003): Symptomatic—Sensitivity = 92.6%, Specificity = 99.1%
6. PCR (Crotchfelt, 1997): Sensitivity = 90.0%, Specificity = 95.9%
7. PCR (Martin, 2000): Sensitivity = 64.8%, Specificity = 99.8%
8. PCR (Van Doornum, 2001): Sensitivity = 66.7%, Specificity = 98.6%
9. PCR (Chan, 2000): Sensitivity = 100%, Specificity = 98.4%.

Notes: PCR, polymerase chain reaction; SDA, strand displacement amplification; TMA, transcription-mediated amplification.

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