Laboratory of Medical Zoology, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):615-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03009-12. Epub 2012 Nov 21.
Abilities to detect heterogeneity of ospC genotypes of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the tick vector by in vitro culture (IVC) and direct PCR (dPCR) were compared. IVC failed to detect one-third of the ospC genotypes detected by dPCR. Among IVC results, common ospC genotypes were overrepresented while occurrence of rare genotypes was underestimated.
比较了通过体外培养 (IVC) 和直接 PCR (dPCR) 检测莱姆病螺旋体伯氏疏螺旋体 ospC 基因型异质性的能力。IVC 未能检测到 dPCR 检测到的 ospC 基因型的三分之一。在 IVC 结果中,常见 ospC 基因型被高估,而罕见基因型的出现被低估。