Comparing urine samples and cervical swabs for Chlamydia testing in a female population by means of Strand Displacement Assay (SDA)

Table 2 Results of the BD Probe Tec ET, Cobas Taq Man and in-house PCR for 28 women tested by all three methods

Number of same inter-method pattern	BD Probe tec		Cobas TM		In-house PCR		Overall result
	urine	cervix	urine	cervix	urine	cervix
1	-	+	+	+	-	-	+
4	-	+	-	-	-	-	-
4	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
1	-	+	-	+	-	+	+
1	-	+	-	+	+	-	+
1	+	-	+	-	+	-	+
2	+	-	+	+	+	-	+
1	+	-	+	+	-	+	+
9	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	+	-	+	-	+	-	+

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