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Sexually transmitted infections (STI)

Simplify STI diagnostics, adapt to any case

Our portfolio, and in particular our STI FlexStar® adaptive multiplex, is designed to meet the diagnostic challenges of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections. It enables laboratories to perform comprehensive detection while ensuring complete control and flexibility across the entire workflow.

STI clinical challenges

Sexually transmitted infections remain one of the most widespread and persistent public health challenges worldwide. They affect people of all ages and regions and are driven by complex factors such as asymptomatic transmission, evolving resistance patterns, and gaps in access to diagnostic and preventive care. Beyond their immediate clinical consequences, STIs have lasting implications for reproductive health, neonatal outcomes, and the spread of co-infections, underscoring the ongoing need for reliable detection, surveillance, and intervention.

 

Accurate and timely detection is essential for effective patient management, infection control, and improved long-term outcomes. By addressing the diagnostic gaps inherent in traditional methods, molecular biology offers enhanced sensitivity, specificity, and operational efficiency. This way, the landscape of STI diagnosis is reshaped creating tangible benefits to both patients and laboratories.

What does altona Diagnostics provide?

Our STI panel reflects the spectrum of clinical challenges encountered in routine sexual health screening, from widespread infections like Chlamydia trachomatis to often-neglected organisms such as Mycoplasma hominis.

 

Our STI assays support sexual health testing with a comprehensive and flexible portfolio:

  • Fully IVDR-compliant, the CE-IVD marked FlexStar® STI panel enables laboratories to confidently detect and differentiate key sexually transmitted pathogens, thereby advancing patient care and public health through an adaptive multiplex format.
  • To further complete the STI portfolio, we also provide assays for viral pathogens associated with sexually transmitted infections, including herpesvirus, HIV, and HBV validated on relevant specimen types. This extension allows laboratories to broaden their diagnostic scope, improve workflow flexibility, and address a wider range of clinically relevant infectious agents within a single portfolio.
  • In addition, we provide advanced research tools, like for the detection of Treponema pallidum or mpox, to expand knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and further enhance diagnostic capabilities.

HIGHLIGHT

The altona FlexStar® STI portfolio: a flexible and fast solution adapted to your STI workflow

ADAPTIVE STI MULTIPLEX PCR 
Test for up to 7 pathogens in a single sample, from single targets to comprehensive combinations. One amplification mix blended with interchangeable detection modules enables customized STI diagnostics.

 

MODULAR STI PANEL
Start with a single STI assay and expand as needed. Combine, refine, or reconfigure targets at any time while maintaining consistent sensitivity and specificity.

 

FLEXIBLE STI CONFIGURATION FOR MODERN LABS
Configure the FlexStar® STI portfolio according to patient needs and optimize costs control: no unnecessary targets, no wasted costs.

 

FAST PROTOCOL, STREAMLINED WORKFLOW

Obtain PCR results in approximately 1 hour. Process up to 94 samples when using the FlexStar® assays with the AltoStar® Molecular Diagnostics Workflow, from targeted pathogens to screening STIs programs.

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Our FlexStar® concept

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FlexStar® STI brochure