Chabbert Elisabeth, Lachaud Laurence, Crobu Lucien, Bastien Patrick
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Montpellier, France.
J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Apr;42(4):1719-22. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1719-1722.2004.
The PCR diagnosis of toxoplasmosis suffers from lack of standardization. Interlaboratory comparative studies of PCR methods have been performed, but intralaboratory comparisons are scarce. Here, we optimized and compared the technical performances of two PCR primer systems widely used for Toxoplasma detection. The differences between the two methods were visible only at low parasite concentrations (< or = 1 Toxoplasma genome per reaction tube). Nevertheless, when clinical samples were tested, both methods significantly differed in their technical sensitivities and specificities. Only one method appeared adequate for samples containing blood or tissue.
弓形虫病的聚合酶链反应(PCR)诊断缺乏标准化。已经开展了PCR方法的实验室间比较研究,但实验室内部的比较却很少。在此,我们优化并比较了两种广泛用于检测弓形虫的PCR引物系统的技术性能。两种方法之间的差异仅在低寄生虫浓度时(每个反应管中≤1个弓形虫基因组)才可见。然而,在检测临床样本时,两种方法在技术敏感性和特异性方面存在显著差异。只有一种方法似乎适用于含有血液或组织的样本。