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SUBMITTER: Lillis RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3122633 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lillis Rebecca A RA Nsuami M Jacques MJ Myers Leann L Martin David H DH
Journal of clinical microbiology 20110316 5
This study assessed the utility of urine, vaginal, cervical, and rectal specimens for the detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in women by using our laboratory-developed PCR assay. The relative sensitivity was 85.7% for the vaginal swab specimen, 74.3% for the endocervical swab specimen, 61.4% for the urine specimen, and 24.3% for the rectal swab specimen. ...[more]