Evaluation of SpeeDx's Ciprofloxacin gyrA Assay for Clinical Care of STD Clinic Patients With Neisseria Gonorrhea
University of Washington
Summary
This study aims to test the effectiveness of using of SpeeDx Resistance Plus assay to guide treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) in a sexual health clinic setting.
Description
Patients entering the Sexual Health Clinic will be offered participation in the study if they have; 1) no infectious genitourinary symptoms that require immediate treatment, 2) who seek routine STI screening, 3) if they report sexual contact with a partner who reports having Ng or 4) men who have sex with men (MSM) with contact to chlamydia trachomatis (CT). All participants will have specimen collected from anatomical sites of exposure for NAAT and culture. NAAT specimen positive for Ng will be flagged and further tested with SpeeDx Resistance Plus assay. This will delay results reporting on…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking * Have access to the internet (via computer or phone) on at least a weekly basis * Asymptomatic (as defined below) Exclusion Criteria: * Urogenital symptoms consistent with a sexual transmitted infection (other than vaginitis associated with trichomonas vaginalis, bacterial vaginosis or yeast). Symptoms consistent with cervicitis, urethritis, or PID will not be offered enrollment. * Antibiotic use within the last 2 weeks * Contact to syphilis * Contact to an STI and are unwilling to defer empiric treatment until diagnostic test results return * Anyone…
Interventions
- DrugCiprofloxacin 500 mg
Ciprofloxacin 500 MG, taken once orally.
Location
- Public Health -- Seattle & King County Sexual Health ClinicSeattle, Washington