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Table 2a and 2b Bedside v. standard culture from PCR-positive sample sites in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients

From: Improvement in Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture rates by bedside inoculation and incubation at a clinic for sexually transmitted infections

 

Symptomatic patients

Bedside / Standard culture result

n (% per sample site)

 2a)

Anorectum

Pharynx

Urethra*

Cervix

All sample sites

Negative/negative

5 (33)

1 (100)

9 (5.4)

3 (17)

18 (9.0)

Positive/negative

0

0

41 (25)

6 (33)

47 (24)

Negative/positive

0

0

2 (1.2)

0

2 (1.0)

Positive/positive

10 (67)

0

114 (69)

9 (50)

133 (67)

Total

15

1

166

18

200

 

Asymptomatic patients

Bedside / Standard culture result

n (% per sample site)

 2b)

Anorectum

Pharynx*

Urethra

Cervix

All sample sites

Negative/negative

61 (36)

151 (72)

3 (25)

4 (80)

219 (55)

Positive/negative

24 (14)

43 (21)

2 (17)

0

69 (17)

Negative/positive

14 (8.2)

4 (1.9)

0

1 (20)

19 (4.8)

Positive/positive

71 (42)

11 (5.3)

7 (58)

0

89 (23)

Total

170

209

12

5

396

  1. *p < 0.05, significant difference in culture rate between bedside and standard culture (McNemar’s test).