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Optimized PCR-based Detection of Mycoplasma
Published on: June 20, 2011
New Diagnostic Real-Time PCR for Specific Detection of Mycoplasma hominis DNA
Andres Pascual1, Katia Jaton, Béatrice Ninet
1Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
International Journal of Microbiology
|August 14, 2010
Abstract:
Mycoplasma hominis is a fastidious micro-organism causing genital and extragenital infections. We developed a specific real-time PCR that exhibits high sensitivity and low intrarun and interrun variabilities. When applied to clinical samples, this quantitative PCR allowed to confirm the role of M. hominis in three patients with severe extragenital infections.
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