The MycoGENIE® Pneumocystis jirovecii Real Time PCR kit is a quantitative duplex PCR that targets the sequence of mitochondrial large sub-unit rRNA. This kit has been validated on sputum and BAL. It has an analytical sensitivity of 4 copies for the mitochondrial gene of Pneumocystis jirovecci. 

This kit has been validated on: : Roche Diagnostics® (LightCycler® 480 real-time instrument I & II) BioRad (CFX96 real-time PCR detection system), Applied Biosystems® (ABI7500 real-time PCR system), Cepheid® (SmartCycler II®), Agilent technologies (MX3000P qPCR system), Qiagen (Rotorgene).

Features:
– CE-IVD
– For Respiratory tract samples
– Target is Pneumocystis jirovecii
– Ready-to-use mix, internal controls and quantification standards
– 24 test each kit