An advantage of all molecular assays is:
a. the ability to test for C. trachomatis from the same specimen at the same time.
b. the ability to use these tests for assessing the successfulness of treatment.
c. their role as evidence in medicolegal cases.
d. the ability to detect the capsular antigen in body fluids.
A
Molecular assays have replaced old enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) systems for the rapid diagnosis of N. gonorrhoeae. Amplified assays are more sensitive than the nonampli-fied assay and are suitable for large-scale screening programs, but none are admissible as evi-dence in medicolegal cases. N. gonorrhoeae DNA can be found in a specimen for up to 3 weeks after successful treatment; therefore, amplified molecular assays should not be used to assess test of cure.
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