Development of hydrolysis probe-based real-time PCR for identification of virulent gene targets of Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei--a retrospective study on archival cases of service members with melioidosis and glanders.

Abstract:

:Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei are two highly pathogenic bacteria responsible for melioidosis and glanders, respectively. Our laboratory developed hydrolysis probe-based real-time polymerase chain reaction assays targeting type three secretion system (TTS) and transposase family protein (TFP) of B. pseudomallei and B. malli, respectively. The assays were validated for target specificity, amplification sensitivity, and reproducibility. A bacterial DNA panel, composed of B. pseudomallei (13 strains), B. mallei (11 strains), Burkholderia species close neighbors (5 strains), and other bacterial species (17 strains), was prepared for specificity testing. Reference DNAs from B. pseudomallei and B. mallei bacterial cultures were used as controls for amplification, limit of detection, and reproducibility testing. The two TaqMan assays, Bp-TTS 1 and Bm-TFP, were optimized and applied in a retrospective study of archived cases from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. We tested 10 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks originally from autopsy specimens of patients who died of melioidosis or glanders during or after overseas tours in 1960s. Polymerase chain reaction results confirmed that DNA samples from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks of eight patients with melioidosis were positive for Bp-TTS 1 target and two patients with glanders were positive for Bm-TFP target.

journal_name

Mil Med

journal_title

Military medicine

authors

Zhang B,Wear DJ,Kim HS,Weina P,Stojadinovic A,Izadjoo M

doi

10.7205/milmed-d-11-00232

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-02-01 00:00:00

pages

216-21

issue

2

eissn

0026-4075

issn

1930-613X

journal_volume

177

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