Table 3. Detection of ureaplasmas in 56 female cervical 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 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
qPCR negative | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 56 | 41 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
Diagnostic performance | 95% | 87% | 50% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 100% |