Assessment of coinfection of sexually transmitted pathogen microbes by use of the anyplex II STI-7 molecular kit.

J Clin Microbiol

APHP, Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis-Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, Laboratory of Bacteriology-Virology, Associated Laboratory for the National Reference Centre for Gonococci, Paris, France INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France University Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.

Published: March 2015

Anyplex STI-7 is a new molecular kit that detects seven sexually transmitted pathogens. Among 202 subjects screened for genital infection, 143 (70.4%) were diagnosed with at least one pathogen, in concordance with reference methods. In addition, the Anyplex STI-7 demonstrated coinfections, such as that with Ureaplasma parvum and Chlamydia trachomatis, in young women.

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