N. gonorrhoeaeGonorrhoea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae), PCR
What it shows
The DNA of the gonorrhoea bacterium; PCR finds it more reliably than a microscope.
Your doctor reads the result: the laboratory does not diagnose or prescribe. The result sheet gives the reference range beside each value.
Sample
- Short code
- N. gonorrhoeae
- What is taken
- Swab
- Container
- Swab tube with medium
- Turnaround
- 2 working days for samples taken by 12:00; result at 18:00
- At home
- No, at a branch only
Preparation
- No fasting needed
- At least 14 days after antibiotics; if you are taking them, tell your doctor.
- Not during a period; 2 days after it ends.
- Do not pass urine for 2 hours before the sample.
Reference ranges
The result reads “negative” or “positive”.
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