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DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 71, Issue 4, Pages 386-390Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.012
Keywords
PCR; Microsporidia; Cystoisospora belli; Cystoisospora; Isospora belli; Isospora; Diarrhea; Enteropathogens; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Cyclospora cayetanensis; Cyclospora; Multiplex PCR; Fecal PCR; Stool PCR; Luminex
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- National Institutes of Health [U01 AI075396]
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Cyclospora, Cystoisospora, and Microsporidia are eukaryotic enteropathogens that are difficult to detect in stool samples because they require special stains and microscopy. We developed a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) reaction with 4 primer sets to amplify Cyclospora cayetanensis, Cystoisospora belli, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, and Encephalitozoon intestinalis. Detection of the amplicon is through specific probes coupled to Luminex beads. Sensitivity of the assay was evaluated using Encephalitozoon intestinalis spores and revealed detection of 10(1) spores spiked into stool. No cross-reactivity was observed. We evaluated the assay on diarrheal specimens from Thailand, Tanzania, Indonesia, and the Netherlands that had been previously tested by microscopy, and the assay yielded 87-100% sensitivity and 88-100% specificity. Microscopy-negative/PCR-positive samples had lower Luminex values, suggesting they were true but with lower burden infections. In summary, this is a convenient single PCR reaction that can detect Cyclospora, Cystoisospora, and Microsporidia without the need for cumbersome microscopic analysis. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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