Title: Detection and Discrimination of <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> and <i>Mycoplasma genitalium</i> by the <i>in vitro</i> DNA Amplification
Abstract: Abstract By using the primers designed on the bases of the sequences of the 16S rRNA genes of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium , respectively, specific and sensitive in vitro DNA amplification assay system for the detection and discrimination of these two mycoplasmas was established. The detection limit of the assay was 100 cells for M. pneumoniae and 1,000 cells for M. genitalium. Neither other human mycoplasmas nor oral bacteria existing in human saliva showed any cross‐reactions with these primers.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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