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Development of a Rapid and Fully Automated Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Identification and Differentiation of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus on the BD MAX Platform

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.639473

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Vibrio cholerae; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; multiplex; real-time PCR; BD MAX

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  1. National Science and Technology Major Project of China from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People' s Republic of China [2018ZX10712001-014, 2018ZX10305409-003-003]
  2. Wuxi Health Commission [T202017]

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A multiplex TaqMan-based real-time PCR assay was developed to detect and differentiate Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus directly from human fecal specimens with high sensitivity and specificity. The BD MAX assay showed high overall agreement with conventional real-time PCR, making it an effective detection method for these pathogens.
Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus are common diarrheal pathogens of great public health concern. A multiplex TaqMan-based real-time PCR assay was developed on the BD MAX platform; this assay can simultaneously detect and differentiate V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus directly from human fecal specimens. The assay includes two reactions. One reaction, BDM-VC, targets the gene ompW, the cholera toxin (CT) coding gene ctxA, the O1 serogroup specific gene rfbN, and the O139 serogroup specific gene wbfR of V. cholerae. The other, BDM-VP, targets the gene toxR and the toxin coding genes tdh and trh of V. parahaemolyticus. In addition, each reaction contains a sample process control. When evaluated with spiked stool samples, the detection limit of the BD MAX assay was 195-780 CFU/ml for V. cholerae and 46-184 CFU/ml for V. parahaemolyticus, and the amplification efficiency of all genes was between 95 and 115%. The assay showed 100% analytical specificity, using 63 isolates. The BD MAX assay was evaluated for its performance compared with conventional real-time PCR after automated DNA extraction steps, using 164 retrospective stool samples. The overall percent agreement between the BD MAX assay and real-time PCR was >= 98.8%; the positive percent agreement was 85.7% for ompW, 100% for toxR/tdh, and lower (66.7%) for trh because of a false negative. This is the first report to evaluate the usage of the BD MAX open system in detection and differentiation of V. cholerae and V. parahaemolyticus directly from human samples.

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