Inter-Specimen Imbalance of Mitochondrial Gene Copy Numbers Predicts Clustering of Isolates in Distinct Subgroups.

The molecular detection of is an important therapy-relevant tool in microbiological diagnostics. However, the quantification of this pathogen in the past has revealed discordant results depending on the target gene. As the clinical variety of infections ranges between life-threatening infections and symptom-free colonization, the question arises if qPCRs are reliable tools for quantitative diagnostics of .