Comparison of two commercial broadrange PCR and sequencing assays for identification of bacteria in culture-negative clinical samples
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Comparison of two commercial broadrange PCR and sequencing assays for identification of bacteria in culture-negative clinical samples. / Stavnsbjerg, Camilla; Frimodt-Moller, Niels; Moser, Claus Ernst; Bjarnsholt, Thomas.
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T1 - Comparison of two commercial broadrange PCR and sequencing assays for identification of bacteria in culture-negative clinical samples
AU - Stavnsbjerg, Camilla
AU - Frimodt-Moller, Niels
AU - Moser, Claus Ernst
AU - Bjarnsholt, Thomas
PY - 2017/3/27
Y1 - 2017/3/27
N2 - BackgroundCulturing has long been the gold standard for detecting aetiologic agents in bacterial infections. In some cases, however, culturing fails to detect the infection. To further investigate culture-negative samples, amplification and subsequent sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene is often applied. The aim of the present study was to compare the current method used at our Department of Clinical Microbiology, based on the MicroSeq ID system (Applied Biosystems, USA) with the Universal Microbe Detection (UMD) SelectNA kit (Molzym, Germany).Methods76 culture-negative samples were first processed with the MicroSeq ID analysis, where total DNA was extracted and the 16S gene amplified and sequenced with the MicroSeq ID system. Samples were subsequently processed with the UMD SelectNA analysis, where human DNA was removed during the DNA extraction procedure and the 16S gene amplified in a real-time PCR and sequenced.Results22 of 76 samples (28.9%) were positive for bacteria with the UMD SelectNA, which was significantly more (p = 0.0055) than the MicroSeq ID where 11 of 76 samples (14.5%) were positive. The UMD SelectNA assay identified more relevant bacterial pathogens than the MicroSeq ID analysis (p = 0.0233), but also found a number of species that were considered contaminations.ConclusionsThe UMD SelectNA assay was valuable for the identification of pathogens in culture-negative samples; however, due to the sensitive nature of the assay, extreme care is suggested in order to avoid false positives.
AB - BackgroundCulturing has long been the gold standard for detecting aetiologic agents in bacterial infections. In some cases, however, culturing fails to detect the infection. To further investigate culture-negative samples, amplification and subsequent sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene is often applied. The aim of the present study was to compare the current method used at our Department of Clinical Microbiology, based on the MicroSeq ID system (Applied Biosystems, USA) with the Universal Microbe Detection (UMD) SelectNA kit (Molzym, Germany).Methods76 culture-negative samples were first processed with the MicroSeq ID analysis, where total DNA was extracted and the 16S gene amplified and sequenced with the MicroSeq ID system. Samples were subsequently processed with the UMD SelectNA analysis, where human DNA was removed during the DNA extraction procedure and the 16S gene amplified in a real-time PCR and sequenced.Results22 of 76 samples (28.9%) were positive for bacteria with the UMD SelectNA, which was significantly more (p = 0.0055) than the MicroSeq ID where 11 of 76 samples (14.5%) were positive. The UMD SelectNA assay identified more relevant bacterial pathogens than the MicroSeq ID analysis (p = 0.0233), but also found a number of species that were considered contaminations.ConclusionsThe UMD SelectNA assay was valuable for the identification of pathogens in culture-negative samples; however, due to the sensitive nature of the assay, extreme care is suggested in order to avoid false positives.
KW - Culture-negative samples
KW - Molecular diagnostics
KW - Universal Microbe Detection
KW - 16S PCR
U2 - 10.1186/s12879-017-2333-9
DO - 10.1186/s12879-017-2333-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28347280
VL - 17
JO - B M C Infectious Diseases
JF - B M C Infectious Diseases
SN - 1471-2334
M1 - 233
ER -
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