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Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium and macrolide resistance-mediating mutations from clinical specimens.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jun 2018
Xiao Li, Waites Ken B, Wang Hong, Van Der Pol Barbara, Ratliff Amy E, Geisler William M
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is a sexually transmitted pathogen for which there is no FDA-approved diagnostic test available in the United States. A modified real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for detecting MG and simultaneously identifying macrolide resistance mutations from clinical specimens was evaluated and proved to be sensitive and accurate for diagnostic purposes.
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