Research Article
Diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Using Molecular Beacon
Table 1
Comparison of use of molecular beacon as detection method with gel electrophoresis, Roche AMPLICOR MWP kit, and PCR with a housekeeping gene: rmp.
| Number of samples | PCR | Beacon | Roche | rmp | Conclusion |
| 154 | + | + | + | + | Positive | 4 | − | + | + | + | Positive | 2 | − | − | + | − | Negative | 1 | − | + | − | − | Negative | 3 | + | + | − | + | Positive | 2 | + | − | − | − | Negative | 4 | + | + | + | − | Positive | 2 | + | − | + | + | Positive | 1 | − | − | + | + | Positive | 2 | − | − | − | + | Negative | 237 | − | − | − | − | Negative |
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