Publications by authors named "Tian-Jian Jia"
Article Synopsis
- Extragenital Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections are common among men who have sex with men (MSM), and self-sampling may provide easier access to testing for those hesitant to visit health clinics.
- A study conducted in China compared the diagnostic accuracy of self-collected specimens to clinician-taken specimens, analyzing samples from 325 participants at six STI clinics.
- The findings demonstrated high agreement and sensitivity of self-sampling for both CT and NG infections, with 62% of MSM showing a preference for self-sampling, indicating it’s an acceptable alternative to traditional clinician-based testing.
Objectives: Screening for (CT) and (NG) at both urogenital and extragenital sites has been recommended in many countries. Testing of the infections using pooled specimens from urogenital and extragenital sites offer the opportunity to shorten the testing time and reduce the testing cost. Ex-ante pooling is placing the original single-site specimens in a tube with transport media, while ex-post pooling is making a pool of the transport media from both anorectal and oropharyngeal specimens and the urine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF