EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL KITS FOR QUANTITATIVE IDENTIFICATION AND TESTS ON ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF GENITAL MYCOPLASMAS

In this study, commercial media and kits for identification and tests for antibiotic susceptibility of genital mycoplasmas were evaluated in comparison to standardized methods. A total of 298 specimens was rout inely enrolled. Our results showed that all media corresponded for qua litative and semiquantitative identification with a specificity of 100 % for both microorganisms and a sensitivity of 94% for U. urealyticum and of 88% for M. hominis. Standard methods were superior to commercia l kits for qualitative and quantitative identification (sensitivity 85 -97% for U. uredlyticum and 79-83% for M. hominis). There were large d iscrepancies when testing antibiotic susceptibility.