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Performance of molecular methods for the detection of Salmonella in human stool specimens [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

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العنوان: Performance of molecular methods for the detection of Salmonella in human stool specimens [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
المؤلفون: Angeziwa Chunga Chirambo, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Ndaru Jambo, Chisomo Msefula, Arox Kamng'ona, Sandra Molina, Wilson L. Mandala, Robert S. Heyderman, Miren Iturizza-Gomara, Marc Y.R. Henrion, Melita A. Gordon
المصدر: Wellcome Open Research, Vol 5 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Wellcome
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Background: The relationship between asymptomatic Salmonella exposure within the gastrointestinal tract and Salmonella bacteraemia is poorly understood, in part due to the low sensitivity of stool culture and the lack of validated molecular diagnostic tests for the detection of Salmonella in the stool. The study aimed to determine a reliable molecular diagnostic test for Salmonella in stool specimens. Methods: We optimised an in-house monoplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of Salmonella ttr and InvA genes in stool by including a selenite broth pre-culture step for Salmonella before DNA extraction and validated their specificity against other local common pathogens. Then we assessed their performance against a well-validated multiplex PCR targeting the same ttr and InvA genes and against stool culture using clinical stool specimens collected from a cohort of 50 asymptomatic healthy Malawian children that were sampled at 1-month intervals over 12 months. We employed a latent Markov model to estimate the specificities and sensitivities of PCR methods. Results: Ttr and InvA primers were both able to detect all the different Salmonella serovars tested and had superior limits of detection when DNA was extracted after selenite pre-culture. Ttr sensitivity and specificity for monoplex-PCR were (99.53%, 95.46%) and for multiplex-PCR (90.30%, 99.30%) respectively. InvA specificity and specificity for using monoplex-PCR was (95.06%, 90.31%) and multiplex-PCRs (89.41%, 98.00%) respectively. Sensitivity and specificity for standard stool culture were 62.88% and 99.99%, respectively. Culture showed the highest PPV (99.73%), and monoplex-ttr had the highest NPV (99.67%). Conclusion: Test methods demonstrated high concordance, although stool culture and monoplexed ttr primers had superior specificity and sensitivity, respectively. The use of selenite pre-enrichment step increased Salmonella detection rate. Taken together, molecular detection methods used here could be used to reveal the true extent ...
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2398-502X
العلاقة: https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-237/v2Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2398-502XTest; https://doaj.org/article/cd4bd09379804c6aad89ed5203e357edTest
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16305.2
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16305.2Test
https://doaj.org/article/cd4bd09379804c6aad89ed5203e357edTest
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.CFB5AD64
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:2398502X
DOI:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16305.2