• Ten years of external quality assessment (EQA) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Europe elucidate high reliability of data 

      Cole, Michelle; Quaye, Nerteley; Jacobsson, Susanne; Day, Michaela; Fagan, Elizabeth; Ison, Catherine; Pitt, Rachel; Seaton, Shila; Woodford, Neil; Stary, Angelika; Pleininger, Sonja; Crucitti, Tania; Hunjak, Blaženka; Maikanti, Panayiota; Hoffmann, Steen; Viktorova, Jelena; Buder, Susanne; Kohl, Peter; Tzelepi, Eva; Siatravani, Eirini; Balla, Eszter; Hauksdóttir, Guðrún Svanborg; Rose, Lisa; Stefanelli, Paola; Carannante, Anna; Pakarna, Gatis; Mifsud, Francesca; Cassar, Rosann Zammit; Linde, Ineke; Bergheim, Thea; Steinbakk, Martin; Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska, Beata; Borrego, Maria-José; Shepherd, Jill; Pavlik, Peter; Jeverica, Samo; Vazquez, Julio; Abad, Raquel; Weiss, Sabrina; Spiteri, Gianfranco; Unemo, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • The Finnish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis escaping detection in the Aptima Combo 2 assay is widespread across Norway, June to August 2019 

      Johansen, Tone Kristin Bjordal; Kløvstad, Hilde; Rykkvin, Rikard; Herrfurth-Erichsen, Einar Bredo; Sorthe, Joakim; Njølstad, Gro; Ebbesen, Marit Helen; Nygaard, Randi Monsen; Sandmoen, Ellen Kristin; Thilesen, Carina Merethe; Onken, Anette; Liljedal, Inger; Hadad, Ronza; Unemo, Magnus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The ‘Finnish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis’ (FI-nvCT), escaping detection in the Aptima Combo 2 assay (AC2), is widespread across Norway. From June to August 2019, 84% (81/97) of available AC2/Aptima CT discordant ...