Introduction: Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium are highly prevalent sexually transmitted pathogens that may be asymptomatic or may cause cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease in women and urethritis in men. Our limited understanding of the epidemiology of these infections has been hampered by a lack of diagnostic capacity, but the new cobas® TV/MG assay runs on the cobas® 6800/8800 platform offers a solution to this gap in our current diagnostic capacity.Areas covered: This article will describe what we know about the epidemiology and impact of untreated infections with these organisms as well as current recommendations for testing. The features and performance of the cobas 6800/8800 and the TV/MG assay will be described based on the emerging data related to this assay.Expert commentary: Molecular diagnostics for trichomonas and mycoplasma that can be performed on a high-throughput system with the flexibility to order only those tests required are needed in order to reduce the burden of disease and of consequences of undiagnosed infections caused by these pathogens. As a result of the complexities in the needs for testing in different populations, sample-specific flexibility in test ordering is an absolute need in the molecular laboratory.

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用于检测阴道毛滴虫和生殖支原体的 cobas® TV/MG 测试概况。

简介：阴道毛滴虫和生殖支原体是高度流行的性传播病原体，它们可能无症状，也可能导致女性宫颈炎和盆腔炎以及男性尿道炎。由于缺乏诊断能力，我们对这些感染的流行病学了解有限，但在 cobas® 6800/8800 平台上运行的新 cobas® TV/MG 检测为我们目前诊断能力的这一差距提供了解决方案。涵盖：本文将描述我们对这些微生物未经治疗的感染的流行病学和影响的了解，以及当前的检测建议。cobas 6800/8800 和 TV/MG 检测的特性和性能将根据与此检测相关的新数据进行描述。 专家评论：滴虫和支原体的分子诊断可以在高通量系统上进行，可以灵活地只订购所需的那些测试，以减少疾病负担和由这些病原体引起的未确诊感染的后果。由于在不同人群中测试需求的复杂性，分子实验室绝对需要在测试订购方面具有特定样本的灵活性。