Research Article

Rapid PCR Detection of Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, and Ureaplasma parvum

Table 1

Primers and probes.

Mycoplasma hominis tuf (set number 793, TIB MolBio, Aldelphia, NJ; 10X concentration)a

Primerstuf 193F5′ AATTGATATGTTTAAAGATGATGAAAGAGA 3′
tuf 193R 5′ TGTATCAACAGCATCCATTAATTCC 3′
Probestuf 193flb5′ GACGTAAGAAGCCTTCTATCAGAATATGGT FITC 3′
tuf 193iLC610c5′ Red610 TGATGGTGACAATGCTCCTATTATTGCTGGTTC PO4 3′

Ureaplasma species ureC (set number 684, TIB MolBio; 10X concentration)d

ureC 158F5′ CCTGCTTCGTTTAATGTATCTG 3′
PrimersureC 158R 5′ GAAGATCCAATCTTTGAACAAATCGTA 3′
ureC 158R55′ GAAGATCCAATCTTTGAACAAATTGCT 3′
ProbesureC 158flb5′ AGCAACTGTTAATGCTAAGTCAATAGCGTTTCCTG FITC 3′
ureC 158iLC610c5′ Red610 GCCCCTCAGTCTTCGTGAATCTTAAGACCACAAGC PO4 3′

atuf target corresponds to 66720–66912 of GenBank accession number FP236530.
bLabeled with fluorescein on 3′ end.
cLabeled with LC610 on 5′ end and a phosphate on 3′ end.
dureC target corresponds to 527786–527943 of GenBank accession number CP001184.