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A previously documented Neisseria macacae isolate providing a false-positive result with Roche cobas 4800 CT/NG does not cross-react with the later generation cobas 6800 CT/NG assay

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Acknowledgements

We thank Olivia R. Foti for performing the cobas testing and collation of results.

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All funding was internal (PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA) and there were no external funding sources.

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  1. PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 9 Robin Warren Drive, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia

    Todd M. Pryce

  2. School of Health Sciences, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

    Collette Bromhead

  3. Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    David M. Whiley

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TP: conceptualisation, formal analysis, investigation, writing—original draft. CB: conceptualisation, formal analysis, writing—review and editing. DW: conceptualisation, formal analysis, writing—review and editing.

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Correspondence to Todd M. Pryce.

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TP: none. CB: reports educational funding from Roche Diagnostics New Zealand Ltd. DW: reports research funding from SpeeDx Pty Ltd.

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Pryce, T.M., Bromhead, C. & Whiley, D.M. A previously documented Neisseria macacae isolate providing a false-positive result with Roche cobas 4800 CT/NG does not cross-react with the later generation cobas 6800 CT/NG assay. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 42, 121–123 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-022-04519-z

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