Table 2. Detection of ureaplasmas in 62 female 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 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
qPCR negative | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 62 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
Diagnostic performance | 96% | 100% | - | 100% | 83% | 90% | 100% |