Phadebact Monoclonal GC OMNI Test for confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Abstract

The Phadebact Monoclonal GC OMNI Test (Pharmacia Diagnostics, Piscataway, N.J.) is used for the definitive identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. In this test, boiled organisms are examined by using a 1-min coagglutination technique. A total of 776 Neisseria strains, confirmed to the species level by patterns of acid production from carbohydrates incorporated in cysteine-tryptose agar or morphologically consistent with Neisseria meningitidis and fluorescent antibody negative, were tested by the coagglutination technique. Of the 516 isolates of N. gonorrhoeae, 8 (1.6%) were negative with the OMNI Test. Of the 260 isolates of Neisseria spp. other than N. gonorrhoeae, none showed a positive coagglutination reaction. The Phadebact Monoclonal GC OMNI Test provided rapid, accurate identification of N. gonorrhoeae (sensitivity, 98.4%; specificity, 100%).