Efficient, Validated Method for Detection of Mycobacterial Growth in Liquid Culture Media by Use of Bead Beating, Magnetic-Particle-Based Nucleic Acid Isolation, and Quantitative PCR

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作者
Plain, Karren M. [1 ]
Waldron, Anna M. [1 ]
Begg, Douglas J. [1 ]
de Silva, Kumudika [1 ]
Purdie, Auriol C. [1 ]
Whittington, Richard J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sydney, Fac Vet Sci, Camden, NSW, Australia
关键词
AVIUM SUBSP-PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION; RADIOMETRIC CULTURE; RAPID DETECTION; SHEEP; CATTLE; DNA; TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY; EXTRACTION;
D O I
10.1128/JCM.03521-14
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Pathogenic mycobacteria are difficult to culture, requiring specialized media and a long incubation time, and have complex and exceedingly robust cell walls. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), the causative agent of Johne's disease, a chronic wasting disease of ruminants, is a typical example. Culture of MAP from the feces and intestinal tissues is a commonly used test for confirmation of infection. Liquid medium offers greater sensitivity than solid medium for detection of MAP; however, support for the BD Bactec 460 system commonly used for this purpose has been discontinued. We previously developed a new liquid culture medium, M7H9C, to replace it, with confirmation of growth reliant on PCR. Here, we report an efficient DNA isolation and quantitative PCR methodology for the specific detection and confirmation of MAP growth in liquid culture media containing egg yolk. The analytical sensitivity was at least 10(4)-fold higher than a commonly used method involving ethanol precipitation of DNA and conventional PCR; this may be partly due to the addition of a bead-beating step to manually disrupt the cell wall of the mycobacteria. The limit of detection, determined using pure cultures of two different MAP strains, was 100 to 1,000 MAP organisms/ml. The diagnostic accuracy was confirmed using a panel of cattle fecal (n = 54) and sheep fecal and tissue (n = 90) culture samples. This technique is directly relevant for diagnostic laboratories that perform MAP cultures but may also be applicable to the detection of other species, including M. avium and M. tuberculosis.
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