TABLE 5.
Mean M. genitalium DNA loads in FVU and urogenital swab specimens subjected to sample preparation in parallel and analyzed by the TaqMan assay in six replicates
| Specimen no. | Mean M. genitalium DNA load (geq)
|
CV (%) between sample preparations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample preparation 1 | Sample preparation 2 | ||
| FVU 307 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 6 |
| FVU 309 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 57 |
| FVU 327 | 15 | 22 | 27 |
| FVU 351 | 108 | 131 | 14 |
| FVU 434 | 13 | 19 | 27 |
| FVU 475 | 5,514 | 4,864 | 9 |
| FVU 490 | 153 | 238 | 31 |
| FVU 533 | 629 | 544 | 10 |
| FVU 555 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 41 |
| FVU 634 | 134 | 195 | 26 |
| FVU 639 | 17 | 13 | 19 |
| FVU 666 | 11 | 14 | 17 |
| Swab 80 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 92 |
| Swab 86 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 40 |
| Swab 277 | 7.3 | 11 | 29 |
| Swab 310 | 3.6 | 1 | 80 |
| Swab 352 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 26 |
| Swab 428 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 21 |
| Swab 640 | 7.3 | 13 | 40 |
| Swab 1601 | 16 | 13 | 15 |
| Swab 4181 | 22 | 18 | 14 |
| Swab 4207 | 97 | 136 | 24 |