Table 3.

Detection of Mobiluncus curtisii in 30 neovaginal samples: comparison between Gram stain, culture and species specific primers.

	C+P+	C+P-	C-P+	C-P-	Total
G+	6	0	6	1	13
G-	4	0	10	3	17

G+/-: Presence or absence of Mobiluncus cell types on Gram stain.

C+/-: Presence of absence of M. curtisii after anaerobic incubation on Columbia-based blood agar.

P+/-: Presence or absence of an amplicon after amplification with M. curtisii specific primers.