Table 1. Evaluation of the performance of the Mycoplasma IST3 kit for analysis of speciation and enumeration of genital mycoplasmas compared to the Mycoplasma IST2 kit

Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27(3):205-214. Verification of the Mycoplasma IST3 for urogenital mycoplasma culture in comparison to the Mycoplasma IST2

Table 1. Evaluation of the performance of the Mycoplasma IST3 kit for analysis of speciation and enumeration of genital mycoplasmas compared to the Mycoplasma IST2 kit

CCU by Mycoplasma IST2	CCU by Mycoplasma IST3
CCU by Mycoplasma IST2	Up ≥ 10⁶	Up ≥ 10⁴	Mh ≥ 10⁴ & Up ≥10⁴	Mh < 10⁴ & Up ≥10⁴	Up ≥ 10³	Up < 10³	Mh ≥ 10⁶	Mh ≥ 10⁴	No growth	Subtotal
Up ≥ 10⁴	5	23			1	3			2	34
Mh < 10⁴ & Up ≥10⁴		4	3^a	1						8
Mh ≥ 10⁴ & Up ≥10⁴		2^a					1		1	4
Up < 10⁴					1					1
Mh < 10⁴								1		1
Subtotal	5	29	3	1	2	3	1	1	3	48

^aFor both IST2 and IST3, one sample in each kit resulted in a color change to red in all cupules, and for these samples, the results for that kit were assigned as Mh ≥ 10⁴ and Up ≥ 10⁴.
Abbreviations: CCU, color-changing units; Up, Ureaplasma species; Mh, Mycoplasma hominis.