LABRESIS- Laboratório de Pesquisa em Resistência Bacteriana, Centro de Pesquisa Experimental, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas (PPGCM), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;40(4):889-892. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-04071-8. Epub 2020 Oct 16.
This study has aimed to evaluate the use pool of samples as a strategy to optimize the diagnostic of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR. A total of 220 naso/orofaryngeal swab samples were collected and tested using two different protocols of sample pooling. Results from protocol A were identical with the individual results. However, for results from protocol B, reduced agreement (91%) was observed in relation to individual testing. Inconsistencies observed were related to RT-qPCR results with higher cycle thresholds. These results suggest that pooling of samples before RNA extraction is preferable in terms of diagnostic for SARS-CoV-2.
本研究旨在评估样本混合池策略在优化 SARS-CoV-2 的 RT-qPCR 诊断中的应用。共采集 220 份鼻咽或口咽拭子样本,使用两种不同的样本混合方案进行检测。方案 A 的结果与个体检测结果完全一致。然而,对于方案 B 的结果,与个体检测相比,一致性降低(91%)。观察到的不一致与 RT-qPCR 结果中较高的循环阈值有关。这些结果表明,在进行 RNA 提取之前对样本进行混合是 SARS-CoV-2 诊断的优选方法。