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

Table 3

Comparison of PCR with culture for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma species detection.

		M. hominis culture
		Positive	Negative
M. hominis PCR	Positive	38	2	40
	Negative	4	239	243
		42	241	283
Sensitivity = 90.5% (95% CI: 77.4%, 97.3%), specificity = 99.2% (95% CI: 97.0%, 99.9%)
		Ureaplasma species culture
		Positive	Negative
Ureaplasma PCR	Positive	139^1	9^2	148
	Negative	5	130	135
		144	139	283
Sensitivity = 96.5% (95% CI: 92.1%, 98.9%), specificity = 93.5% (95% CI: 88.1%, 97.0%)

 ¹U. urealyticum (𝑛=28), U. parvum (𝑛=109), U. urealyticum and U. parvum (2).
²U. urealyticum (𝑛=3), U. parvum (𝑛=6).