Research Article

Duplex TaqMan Hydrolysis Probe-Based Molecular Assay for Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Leptospira spp. DNA

Table 1

List of organism used for analytical specificity test.

OrganismSourceNo. tested ()Results in duplex qPCR

Aspergillus fumigatusUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Bacillus subtilisUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Burkholderia cepaciaUSM, Malaysia6Negative
Burkholderia pseudomalleiUSM, Malaysia20Positive
Burkholderia thailandensisUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Campylobacter jejuniUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Candida albicansUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Citrobacter freundiiUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Entamoeba histolyticaUNAM, Mexico1Negative
Enterococcus faecalisUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Klebsiella pneumoniaeUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Leptospira biflexa serovar PatocIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira biflexa serovar PatocUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira borgpetersenii CelledoniIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar BallumUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira fainei serovar HurtsbridgeIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira fainei serovar HurtsbridgeUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar AustralisUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar AutumnalisIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar BataviaeIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar BataviaeUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar CanicolaUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar CopenhageniIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar HebdomadisUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae RGAUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar JavanicaIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar PomonaIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar PomonaUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar PyrogenesIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar PyrogenesUPM, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira interrogans serovar TarassoviIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira licerasiae serovar VarillalIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira meyeri serovar SemarangaIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Leptospira wolffiiIMR, Malaysia1Positive
Plasmodium falciparumMKA Kota Bharu5Negative
Plasmodium knowlesiMKA Kota Bharu5Negative
Plasmodium vivaxMKA Kota Bharu5Negative
Proteus mirabilisUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Proteus vulgarisUSM, Malaysia1Negative
Salmonella Paratyphi A (ATCC 9150)ATCC, USA1Negative
Salmonella Paratyphi B (ATCC BAA 1250)ATCC, USA1Negative
Salmonella Paratyphi C (ATCC 9068)ATCC, USA1Negative
Salmonella Typhi (ATCC 7251)ATCC, USA1Negative
Salmonella Typhimurium (ATCC 14028)ATCC, USA1Negative
Staphylococcus aureus USM, Malaysia1Negative
Staphylococcus saprophyticusUSM, Malaysia1Negative