Table 1. Detection of ureaplasmas in 126 male urethral specimens by culture and qPCR.
No. of specimens | No. of culture-positive specimens in CCU group 101–105 | |||||||
Total | Culture positive | Culture negative | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | |
qPCR positive | 40 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
qPCR negative | 86 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 126 | 44 | 82 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 |
Diagnostic performance | 89% | 99% | - | 25% | 100% | 100% | 92% |