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J Clin Microbiol ; 51(1): 131-5, 2013 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23100336

ABSTRACT

Many studies demonstrate that delayed proper therapy in bloodstream infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus increases the mortality rate, emphasizing the need to shorten the turnaround time for positive blood cultures. Different techniques are currently available, from phenotypic methods to more complex tests such as matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF), real-time PCR (RT-PCR), and fluorescence in situ hybridization using peptide nucleic acid probes (PNA FISH). This study evaluated the performance of the Staphylococcus QuickFISH BC test (QFT), a novel FISH methodology, compared with the direct tube coagulase test (DTCT) on blood cultures exhibiting Gram-positive cocci in clusters. A total of 173 blood cultures collected from 128 different patients were analyzed using the DTCT, evaluated after both 4 and 24 h, and the QFT. A total of 179 isolates were identified using the Vitek2 system. Thirty-five out of 35 Staphylococcus aureus were correctly identified by the QFT (sensitivity = 100%), with a specificity of 100% (no green fluorescence was detected for strains different from S. aureus). The DTCT was positive after 4 h for 28 out of the 35 samples (sensitivity = 80%) and after 24 h for 31 out of the 35 samples (sensitivity = 88.57%). Among the remaining 144 isolates, one was then identified as Corynebacterium striatum and two as Micrococcus luteus. QFT identified 139 out of the 141 coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) (sensitivity = 98.58%), showing again a specificity of 100% (no fluorescent red signals were detected for strains different from CoNS). We also discuss also the implementation process of this methodology in our setting, with particular emphasis on the workflow and the cost-effectiveness.


Subject(s)
Bacteremia/diagnosis , Bacteriological Techniques/methods , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods , Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/methods , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Coagulase/analysis , Humans , Sensitivity and Specificity , Staphylococcus aureus/enzymology , Staphylococcus aureus/genetics
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J Clin Microbiol ; 45(5): 1624-7, 2007 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17360843

ABSTRACT

Detection of Plasmodium ovale by use of a nested PCR assay with a novel Plasmodium ovale primer set was superior to detection of Plasmodium ovale by real-time PCR assays. Nested PCR was also better at detecting P. malariae. The detection of P. ovale in many patients first admitted >2 months following their return to Italy indicated that P. ovale relapses are common.


Subject(s)
Malaria/diagnosis , Malaria/parasitology , Plasmodium ovale/genetics , Plasmodium ovale/isolation & purification , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Polymorphism, Genetic , Adult , Animals , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Middle Aged , RNA, Protozoan/genetics , RNA, Ribosomal/genetics , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and Specificity
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Vet Microbiol ; 105(3-4): 229-34, 2005 Feb 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15708820

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate the time required to isolate Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and Brachyspira pilosicoli from porcine faeces. This was done using previously described selective media (spectinomycin) S400, (colistin, vancomycin and spectinomycin) CVS and (spectinomycin, vancomycin, colistin, spiramycin and rifampin with swine faecal extract) BJ, compared with the method based on blood agar modified medium, with spectinomycin and rifampin (BAM-SR), including a pre-treatment step. Fourteen spirochaetal strains were obtained in pure cultures after 5 days (48 h in BAM-SR primary plate and three passages every 24 h in brain heart infusion (BHI) without antibiotics) pre-treating simulated samples in brain heart infusion broth with spectinomycin (400 microg/ml) and rifampin (15 microg/ml), before streaking on the selective BAM-SR medium. Spirochaetes from samples in S400, CVS and BJ, with and without pre-treatment, were obtained in pure cultures only after repeatedly transferring on plates of the same selective medium requiring 15-18 days according to the strain. BAM-SR used after the pre-treatment step showed a detection limit ranging from 3.5 x 10(2) to 6.7 x 10(7) cells/g faeces and was the only method able to support the growth of spirochaetes after 48 h.


Subject(s)
Dysentery/veterinary , Spirochaetales Infections/veterinary , Spirochaetales/isolation & purification , Swine Diseases/diagnosis , Animals , Colony Count, Microbial/veterinary , Culture Media/chemistry , Dysentery/diagnosis , Dysentery/microbiology , Feces/microbiology , Rifampin , Spectinomycin , Spirochaetales Infections/diagnosis , Spirochaetales Infections/microbiology , Swine , Swine Diseases/microbiology , Time Factors
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New Microbiol ; 27(2): 163-71, 2004 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15164627

ABSTRACT

A new molecular diagnostic method "Malaria-IBRIDOGEN" (Amplimedical S.p.A.--Bioline Division, Turin, Italy) based on a plate-hybridization assay for the simultaneous detection and identification of human malaria parasites was evaluated in this study. A target DNA sequence of the plasmodial 18S ribosomal RNA gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and hybridized in microtiter wells with five biotinylated probes each specific for Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale and the beta-globine human gene, respectively. Compared to the nested-PCR actually used in our laboratory for the molecular diagnosis of malaria, "Malaria-IBRIDOGEN" revealed an overall sensitivity of 100% (51/51) for the four human Plasmodium species testing 100 whole blood samples from people with malaria-like symptoms and fever. Specificity was 92% (45/49) considering four discordant samples as "false positive" by "Malaria-IBRIDOGEN". The assay showed a threshold of parasite density (detection limit) of 0.07 P. falciparum parasites/microliter, 0.15-1.5 P. vivax parasites/microliter, 0.3 P. malariae parasites/microliter and 0.4 P. ovale parasites/microliter of whole blood, respectively. This assay could be successfully applied to the laboratory diagnosis of malaria as a useful aid to microscopy.


Subject(s)
Malaria, Falciparum/diagnosis , Nucleic Acid Hybridization/methods , Plasmodium falciparum/genetics , Plasmodium falciparum/isolation & purification , Animals , Electrophoresis, Agar Gel , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Malaria, Vivax/diagnosis , Plasmodium malariae/genetics , Plasmodium malariae/isolation & purification , Plasmodium ovale/genetics , Plasmodium ovale/isolation & purification , Plasmodium vivax/genetics , Plasmodium vivax/isolation & purification , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Sensitivity and Specificity
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