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Sensitivity and Specificity of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Detection of Mycoplasma Pneumonia from Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples Compared with
by Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Naoko Koseki, Miki Kaiho, Hideaki Kikuta, Takehiro Togashi, Toru Watanabe, Tadashi Ariga
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Background: The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay kit for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumonia (Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) from nasopharyngeal swab samples compared with those of real-time PCR.
Methods: Nasopharyngeal swab samples taken from 223 patients aged 3 - 18 years who were suspected of having respiratory tract infections associated with Mycoplasma pneumonia were used in this study. The samples were tested both by the LAMP assay and by real-time PCR for detection of Mycoplasma pneumonia.
Results: The sensitivity and specificity of the LAMP assay for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumonia were 99.1% (105/106) and 100.0% (117/117), respectively.
Conclusions: The LAMP assay for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumonia is an accurate and fast assay that is suitable as a diagnostic tool in the acute phase of Mycoplasma pneumonia infection.
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2014.141016
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