Research Article
Rapid PCR Detection of Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, and Ureaplasma parvum
Table 3
Comparison of PCR with culture for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species detection.
| | | M. hominis culture | | | Positive | Negative | |
| M. hominis PCR | Positive | 38 | 2 | 40 | Negative | 4 | 239 | 243 | | 42 | 241 | 283 |
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Sensitivity = 90.5% (95% CI: 77.4%, 97.3%), specificity = 99.2% (95% CI: 97.0%, 99.9%) |
| | | Ureaplasma species culture | | | Positive | Negative | |
| Ureaplasma PCR | Positive | 1391 | 92 | 148 | Negative | 5 | 130 | 135 | | 144 | 139 | 283 |
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Sensitivity = 96.5% (95% CI: 92.1%, 98.9%), specificity = 93.5% (95% CI: 88.1%, 97.0%) |
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1U. urealyticum (), U. parvum (), U. urealyticum and U. parvum (2).
2U. urealyticum (), U. parvum ().
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