TABLE 1.

Bacteria detected in commercially available PCR assays^a

Organism	NuSwab	SureSwab	BD Max	MDL BV panel
A. vaginae	X	X	X	X
G. vaginalis		X	X	X
Megasphaera (type 1, type 2 and/or species)	X	X	X	X
BVABb (type 1 and/or type 2)	X		X	X
Lactobacillus species	X	X	X	X

^aCommercially available PCR assays detect different combinations of indicator organisms.

^bBVAB, BV-associated bacteria.