Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection.
Background Histoplasmosis is a neglected disease that affects mainly immunocompromised patients, presenting a progressive dissemination pattern and a high mortality rate, mainly due to delayed diagnosis, caused by slow fungal growth in culture. Therefore, a fast, suitable and cost-effective assay is...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:46abc95c354341e4b54de37835d478c5 2023-05-15T15:16:01+02:00 Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection. Matheus da Silva Zatti Thales Domingos Arantes José Alex Lourenço Fernandes Mônica Baumgardt Bay Eveline Pipolo Milan Georggia Fatima Silva Naliato Raquel Cordeiro Theodoro 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007692 https://doaj.org/article/46abc95c354341e4b54de37835d478c5 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007692 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007692 https://doaj.org/article/46abc95c354341e4b54de37835d478c5 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0007692 (2019) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007692 2022-12-31T09:15:14Z Background Histoplasmosis is a neglected disease that affects mainly immunocompromised patients, presenting a progressive dissemination pattern and a high mortality rate, mainly due to delayed diagnosis, caused by slow fungal growth in culture. Therefore, a fast, suitable and cost-effective assay is required for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in resource-limited laboratories. This study aimed to develop and evaluate two new molecular approaches for a more cost-effective diagnosis of histoplasmosis. Methodology Seeking a fast, suitable, sensitive, specific and low-cost molecular detection technique, we developed a new Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay and nested PCR, both targeting the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) multicopy region of Histoplasma capsulatum. The sensitivity was evaluated using 26 bone marrow and 1 whole blood specimens from patients suspected to have histoplasmosis and 5 whole blood samples from healthy subjects. All specimens were evaluated in culture, as a reference standard test, and Hcp100 nPCR, as a molecular reference test. A heparin-containing whole blood sample from a heathy subject was spiked with H. capsulatum cells and directly assayed with no previous DNA extraction. Results Both assays were able to detect down to 1 fg/μL of H. capsulatum DNA, and ITS LAMP results could also be revealed to the naked-eye by adding SYBR green to the reaction tube. In addition, both assays were able to detect all clades of Histoplasma capsulatum cryptic species complex. No cross-reaction with other fungal pathogens was presented. In comparison with Hcp100 nPCR, both assays reached 83% sensitivity and 92% specificity. Furthermore, ITS LAMP assay showed no need for DNA extraction, since it could be directly applied to crude whole blood specimens, with a limit of detection of 10 yeasts/μL. Conclusion ITS LAMP and nPCR assays have the potential to be used in conjunction with culture for early diagnosis of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis, allowing earlier, appropriate treatment ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13 8 e0007692 |
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Background Histoplasmosis is a neglected disease that affects mainly immunocompromised patients, presenting a progressive dissemination pattern and a high mortality rate, mainly due to delayed diagnosis, caused by slow fungal growth in culture. Therefore, a fast, suitable and cost-effective assay is required for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in resource-limited laboratories. This study aimed to develop and evaluate two new molecular approaches for a more cost-effective diagnosis of histoplasmosis. Methodology Seeking a fast, suitable, sensitive, specific and low-cost molecular detection technique, we developed a new Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay and nested PCR, both targeting the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) multicopy region of Histoplasma capsulatum. The sensitivity was evaluated using 26 bone marrow and 1 whole blood specimens from patients suspected to have histoplasmosis and 5 whole blood samples from healthy subjects. All specimens were evaluated in culture, as a reference standard test, and Hcp100 nPCR, as a molecular reference test. A heparin-containing whole blood sample from a heathy subject was spiked with H. capsulatum cells and directly assayed with no previous DNA extraction. Results Both assays were able to detect down to 1 fg/μL of H. capsulatum DNA, and ITS LAMP results could also be revealed to the naked-eye by adding SYBR green to the reaction tube. In addition, both assays were able to detect all clades of Histoplasma capsulatum cryptic species complex. No cross-reaction with other fungal pathogens was presented. In comparison with Hcp100 nPCR, both assays reached 83% sensitivity and 92% specificity. Furthermore, ITS LAMP assay showed no need for DNA extraction, since it could be directly applied to crude whole blood specimens, with a limit of detection of 10 yeasts/μL. Conclusion ITS LAMP and nPCR assays have the potential to be used in conjunction with culture for early diagnosis of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis, allowing earlier, appropriate treatment ... |
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Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection. |
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Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection. |
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Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection. |
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Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection. |
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Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and nested PCR of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) for Histoplasma capsulatum detection. |
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loop-mediated isothermal amplification and nested pcr of the internal transcribed spacer (its) for histoplasma capsulatum detection. |
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