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. 2016 Aug;54(8):2201-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01038-16. Epub 2016 Jun 15.

Evaluation of the Hologic Panther Transcription-Mediated Amplification Assay for Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium

S N Tabrizi  1 , A M Costa  2 , J Su  2 , P Lowe  3 , C S Bradshaw  4 , C K Fairley  4 , S M Garland  5
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Evaluation of the Hologic Panther Transcription-Mediated Amplification Assay for Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium

S N Tabrizi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

The detection of Mycoplasma genitalium was evaluated on 1,080 urine samples by the use of a Panther instrument. Overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, and negative predictive values were 100%, 99.4%, 93.6%, and 100%, respectively. Detection of M. genitalium by the use of the Panther transcription-mediated amplification assay offers a simple, accurate, and sensitive platform for diagnostic laboratories.

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