Comparison of commercial DNA preparation kits for the detection of Brucellae in tissue using quantitative real-time PCR

نویسندگان

  • Herbert Tomaso
  • Mireille Kattar
  • Meike Eickhoff
  • Ulrich Wernery
  • Sascha Al Dahouk
  • Eberhard Straube
  • Heinrich Neubauer
  • Holger C Scholz
چکیده

BACKGROUND The detection of Brucellae in tissue specimens using PCR assays is difficult because the amount of bacteria is usually low. Therefore, optimised DNA extraction methods are critical. The aim of this study was to assess the performance of commercial kits for the extraction of Brucella DNA. METHODS Five kits were evaluated using clinical specimens: QIAamp DNA Mini Kit (QIAGEN), peqGold Tissue DNA Mini Kit (PeqLab), UltraClean Tissue and Cells DNA Isolation Kit (MoBio), DNA Isolation Kit for Cells and Tissues (Roche), and NucleoSpin Tissue (Macherey-Nagel). DNA yield was determined using a quantitative real-time PCR assay targeting IS711 that included an internal amplification control. RESULTS Kits of QIAGEN and Roche provided the highest amount of DNA, Macherey-Nagel and Peqlab products were intermediate whereas MoBio yielded the lowest amount of DNA. Differences were significant (p < 0.05) and of diagnostic relevance. Sample volume, elution volume, and processing time were also compared. CONCLUSIONS We observed differences in DNA yield as high as two orders of magnitude for some samples between the best and the worst DNA extraction kits and inhibition was observed occasionally. This indicates that DNA purification may be more relevant than expected when the amount of DNA in tissue is very low.

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دوره 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010