A comparison of molecular assays for Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pediatric patients

Raymond C. Chou; Xiaotian Zheng

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.12.013

A comparison of molecular assays for Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pediatric patients

Raymond C. Chou, Xiaotian Zheng^*

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Abstract

Three commercial molecular assays for detecting Mycoplasma pneumoniae were evaluated for their relative performances and hands-on time. They performed comparably well in clinical sensitivity and specificity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6-8
Number of pages	3
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	85
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.12.013
State	Published - May 1 2016

Keywords

Molecular diagnosis
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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