Validation of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid and sensitive detection of Ureaplasma species in respiratory tracts of preterm infants

• Yuta Mikami,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Neonatal Medicine, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan, Department of Creation of Community Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Kazumasa Fuwa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: fuwa.kazumasa@nihon-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-9467

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• Eriko Arima,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Yasuo Suda,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Itaru Yanagihara,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Developmental Medicine, Research Institute, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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• Satoshi Ibara

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neonatal Medicine, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

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