The STI-9 PCR kit is a real-time polymerase chain reaction kit intended for the qualitative differential DNA detection of sexually transmitted infection (STI) pathogens, namely Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma hominis, Gardnerella vaginalis, Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma genitalium, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 and 2 (HSV 1, 2) in nucleic acid preparations isolated from clinical samples