Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: A position paper on behalf of the Public Health Laboratory Network

Authors

  • David W Smith Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Nedlands, Western Australia
  • John W Tapsall WHO Collaborating Centre for STD and HIV, Microbiology Department, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick New South Wales
  • Gary Lum Pathology Department, Northern Territory Government Pathology Service, Tiwi, Northern Territory
  • Public Health Laboratory Network

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2005.29.39

Keywords:

nucleic acid detection tests, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, guidelines

Abstract

The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) convened a workshop of Australian experts in Melbourne on 23 March 2005 to identify laboratory issues of relevance and suggest guidelines for use of nucleic acid detection tests (NADT) for diagnosis of gonorrhoea in Australia. The proceedings of that meeting were endorsed by the members of the PHLN and the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia.

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01/12/05

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Smith, David W, John W Tapsall, Gary Lum, and Public Health Laboratory Network. 2005. “Guidelines for the Use and Interpretation of Nucleic Acid Detection Tests for Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in Australia: A Position Paper on Behalf of the Public Health Laboratory Network”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 29 (December):358-65. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2005.29.39.

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