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Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Research

Multiplex Mediator Displacement Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophilus ducreyi

Lisa Becherer, Sascha Knauf, Michael Marks, Simone Lueert, Sieghard Frischmann, Nadine Borst, Felix von Stetten, Sibauk Bieb, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Kingsley Asiedu, Oriol Mitjà1, and Mohammed Bakheit1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (L. Becherer, N. Borst, F. von Stetten); Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany (S. Knauf); German Primate Centre, Goettingen (S. Knauf, S. Lueert); London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK (M. Marks); Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London (M. Marks); Mast Diagnostica GmbH, Reinfeld, Germany (S. Frischmann, M. Bakheit); Hahn-Schickard, Freiburg, Germany (N. Borst, F. von Stetten); Papua New Guinea Department of Health, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (S. Bieb); Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (Y. Adu-Sarkod); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (K. Asiedu); Lihir Medical Centre-International SOS, Newcrest Mining, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea (O. Mitjà); Fundacio Lluita contra la Sida-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain (O. Mitjà); Barcelona Institute for Global Health-Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (O. Mitjà)

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Table 2

Comparison of clinical performance of singleplex loop-mediated isothermal amplification for detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophilus ducreyi against singleplex TaqMan quantitative PCR*

Characteristics Sample size Treponema pallidum Haemophilus ducreyi
Total samples, no. 293
No. positive 51 175
Sensitivity, % (95% CI) 78.0 (64.9–87.3) 91.0 (85.0–94.8)
Specificity, % (95% CI)
97.9 (94.8–99.2)
 75.3 (67.2–82.1)
Lesions containing a single pathogen† 195
No. positive 34 158
Sensitivity, % (95% CI) 82.5 (66.6–92.1) 92.6 (86.5–96.2)
Specificity, % (95% CI)
97.9 (94.8–99.2)
 75.4 (67.2–82.1)
Lesions containing both pathogens† 19
No. positive samples 17 17
Sensitivity, % (95% CI) 68.4 (43.5–86.4) 78.9 (53.9–93.0)
Specificity, % (95% CI) NA NA

*NA, not applicable.
†Determined by quantitative PCR.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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