Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2016
Performance of a real-time PCR-based approach and droplet digital PCR in detecting human parechovirus type 3 RNA.
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Aizawa Yuta, Koyama Akihide, Ishihara Tomohiko, Onodera Osamu, Saitoh Akihiko
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BACKGROUND: Human parechovirus type 3 (HPeV3) is an emerging virus that causes sepsis and meningoencephalitis in neonates and young infants. Correct diagnosis of HPeV3 infection is critical in determining appropriate management and predicting patients' clinical course. Real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) analysis of serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been used to diagnose HPeV3 infection; however, the assay detection limits have not been fully evaluated.
OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that droplet digital RT-PCR (RT-ddPCR)-a novel technique that precisely quantitates low-copy target genes by diluting and partitioning samples into compartments-increases the detection rate of HPeV3 RNA as compared with real-time RT-PCR.
STUDY DESIGN: Using samples with predetermined HPeV3 copy numbers, we evaluated one-step and two-step RT-ddPCR. Then, we tested two-step RT-ddPCR and real-time RT-PCR, using clinical samples with low copy numbers. Finally, we used two-step RT-ddPCR to evaluate clinical samples obtained from HPeV3-infected patients with positive serum but negative CSF, as determined by real-time RT-PCR.
RESULTS: Two-step RT-ddPCR was less variable and more specific than one-step RT-ddPCR. Two-step RT-ddPCR detected HPeV3 RNA in all six CSF samples; four samples (67%) were reproducibly positive and the other two samples (33%) were positive at least once in four replicates. Finally, no nonspecific droplet was positive by two-step RT-ddPCR.
CONCLUSIONS: Two-step RT-ddPCR may enhance the rate of HPeV3 RNA detection from samples with low viral loads, thereby improving diagnosis and management of HPeV3-infected patients.
OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that droplet digital RT-PCR (RT-ddPCR)-a novel technique that precisely quantitates low-copy target genes by diluting and partitioning samples into compartments-increases the detection rate of HPeV3 RNA as compared with real-time RT-PCR.
STUDY DESIGN: Using samples with predetermined HPeV3 copy numbers, we evaluated one-step and two-step RT-ddPCR. Then, we tested two-step RT-ddPCR and real-time RT-PCR, using clinical samples with low copy numbers. Finally, we used two-step RT-ddPCR to evaluate clinical samples obtained from HPeV3-infected patients with positive serum but negative CSF, as determined by real-time RT-PCR.
RESULTS: Two-step RT-ddPCR was less variable and more specific than one-step RT-ddPCR. Two-step RT-ddPCR detected HPeV3 RNA in all six CSF samples; four samples (67%) were reproducibly positive and the other two samples (33%) were positive at least once in four replicates. Finally, no nonspecific droplet was positive by two-step RT-ddPCR.
CONCLUSIONS: Two-step RT-ddPCR may enhance the rate of HPeV3 RNA detection from samples with low viral loads, thereby improving diagnosis and management of HPeV3-infected patients.