The first performance report for the Bio-Rad Dx CT/NG/MG assay for simultaneous detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium in urogenital samples.

We evaluated the clinical performance of the Bio-Rad Dx CT/NG/MG assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital samples in comparison with the Roche COBAS® TaqMan® CT assay for C. trachomatis and an in-house TaqMan PCR assay for M. genitalium.

Real-time high resolution melting PCR for identification of the Swedish variant of Chlamydia trachomatis.

We developed a real-time High Resolution Melting PCR to identify the new Swedish variant of Chlamydia trachomatis ncCT. Of 1191 urogenital specimens C. trachomatis-positive by an omp1 real-time PCR, collected in France in 2007-2008, 1128 gave an interpretable profile corresponding to the wild-type strain; no nvCT was found.