Laboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Cases of Suspected Child Sexual Abuse

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dc.contributor.authorQin, X., & Melvin, A. J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-19T15:45:06Z
dc.date.available2021-10-19T15:45:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractLaboratory diagnosis of microbial agents associated with sexually transmitted infections plays an important role in both the care of victims of child sexual abuse (CSA) and the investigation of suspected CSA incidents, with law enforcement implications. Rapid and sensitive test results prompt immediate actions to treat and protect the victimized children. The development and maturation of automated nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) has greatly improved the assay sensitivity and specificity, with only a 1- to 2-h turnaround time. Unfortunately, the performance characteristics of NAATs have been determined largely with a few limited specimen types and evaluated in adults only. This minireview attempts to cover the scope of infectious agents potentially implicated in CSA, specimen collection, laboratory test modalities, and laboratory report constraints, further complicated by infrequently collected specimen types from prepubertal children <13 years of age.en_US
dc.identifier.citationQin, X., & Melvin, A. J. (2020). Laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections in cases of suspected child sexual abuse. Journal of clinical microbiology, 58(2), e01433-19.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc6989080/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5244
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of clinical microbiologyen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectextragenitalen_US
dc.subjectgenitalen_US
dc.subjecttest resultsen_US
dc.subjectnucleic acid amplification testsen_US
dc.subjectlaboratory diagnosisen_US
dc.titleLaboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Cases of Suspected Child Sexual Abuseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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