Accuracy of Conventional PCR Targeting the 16S rRNA Gene with the Ot-16sRF1 and Ot-16sRR1 Primers for Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus: a Case-Control Study.

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  • Choon-Mee Kim
  • Min Keun Cho
  • Dong-Min Kim
  • Na-Ra Yun
  • Seok Won Kim
  • Sook Jin Jang
  • Young-Joon Ahn
  • Donghoon Lim
چکیده

We retrospectively evaluated the accuracy of conventional PCR targeting the 16S rRNA gene (16S C-PCR) using the Ot-16sRF1/Ot-16sRR1 primers for diagnosing scrub typhus. The diagnosis of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection by 16S C-PCR presented an increased sensitivity of 87.0% and specificity of 100% compared with those obtained with other targets and is thus a simple and clinically useful method with good diagnostic accuracy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 54 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016