Table 1 List of various organisms and their source; used for evaluation of specificity of the C2/C5 primers.

C. trachomatis serovar L2

1

Dr. Peter Braun, Max Plank Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

C. trachomatis Serovar A & D

12 isolates from STD cases

Dr. Sudha Salhan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Mycoplasma spp.

8

Department of Microbiology AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

Chlamydia pneumoniae

5

Candida spp.

10

Ureaplasma

11

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2

Acinetobacter baumannii

2

Staphylococcus aureus

2

Herpes simplex virus 1(HSV-1) and Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)

2

Cytomegalovirus

2

BK virus

2

Trichomonas spp.

8

Department of Microbiology AIIMS, New Delhi, India & Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

2

Neisseria meningitidis (genital isolates)

3

Prof. J. W. Tapsall, WHO Collaborating Centre for STD and HIV, Department of Microbiology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.

Neisseria lactamica 94D4

1

Neisseria sicca 94C1

1

Neisseria subflava 86G7

10