DETECTION OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE BY AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF ITS NUCLEIC ACID

摘要

Methods for detecting the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae are described. These methods are based upon amplifying a portion of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae genome and detecting the presence of the amplified nucleic acid. Various sets of primers an d detectors are disclosed. The disclosed primers and detectors can be used in Strand Displacemen t Amplification assays, thermal Strand Displacement Amplification Assays, and homo geneous, fluorescent real time thermal Strand Displacement Amplification assays to specif ically detect the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae even in the presence of contaminating microorg anisms and in the presence of human DNA.