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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2008

Development of real-time multiplex nucleic acid sequence-based amplification for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Legionella spp. in respiratory specimens.

K Loens, T Beck, D Ursi, M Overdijk, P Sillekens, H Goossens, M Ieven

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Acute respiratory infection due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae: current status of diagnostic methods.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2010
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  13. Mycoplasma pneumonia: Clinical features and management.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2010
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  14. Molecular diagnostic techniques.Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.) · 2009
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  15. [Microbiological diagnosis: Etiologic driven and syndrome driven].Antibiotiques (Paris, France : 1999) · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

K LoensDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1 S009a, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Katherine.loens@ua.ac.be
T Beck
D Ursi
M Overdijk
P Sillekens
H Goossens
M Ieven

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-time multiplex isothermal nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) was developed to detect Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Legionella spp. in respiratory specimens using the NucliSens Basic Kit (bioMérieux, Boxtel, The Netherlands). Oligonucleotide primers were derived from the M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila 16S rRNA. For real-time detection, molecular beacons were used. Specificity was established on a panel of bacterial strains. The analytical sensitivity of the assay was determined by testing dilutions of wild-type in vitro-generated RNA in water and dilutions of reference strains in lysis buffer or added to pools of respiratory specimens. Subsequently, a limited number of M. pneumoniae-, C. pneumoniae-, and L. pneumophila-positive and -negative clinical specimens were analyzed. Specific detection of the 16S rRNA of the three organisms was achieved. The analytical sensitivity of the multiplex NASBA on spiked respiratory specimens was slightly diminished compared to the results obtained with the single-target (mono) real-time assays. We conclude that the proposed real-time multiplex NASBA assay, although less sensitive than the real-time mono NASBA assay, is a promising tool for the detection of M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, and Legionella spp. in respiratory specimens, regarding handling, speed, and number of samples that can be analyzed in a single run.

Indexed as

BronchiBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidChlamydophila InfectionsChlamydophila pneumoniaeDNA PrimersHumansLegionellaLegionellosisMycoplasma pneumoniaeNetherlandsPharynxPneumonia, MycoplasmaRNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSelf-Sustained Sequence ReplicationSensitivity and SpecificityDNA PrimersRNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID18032625
PMCPMC2224298

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