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Multicenter Comparative Assessment of the TIB MolBiol Toxoplasma gondii Detection Kit and Four Laboratory-Developed PCR Assays for Molecular Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis

Simon Pichard
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Toxoplasmosis can be a life-threatening infection, particularly during pregnancy and in immunocompromised patients. The biological diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is challenging and has been revolutionized by molecular detection methods. This article summarizes the data of a multicenter study involving four centers to assess the performances of a commercial PCR assay as compared with four in-house PCR assays using Toxoplasma gondii standards, 20 external quality control specimens, and 133 clinical samples. This clinical cohort includes well-characterized clinical samples corresponding to different clinical situations: confirmed congenital toxoplasmosis (44 samples), toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients (25 samples), and chorioretinitis (5 samples). Furthermore, 59 samples from patients without toxoplasmosis were included as negative controls. The analytical sensitivities of the five methods tested were very similar; and the limit of Toxoplasma DNA detection was around 0.01 T. gondii genome per reaction for all the methods. The overall concordance between the commercial PCR and the four in-house PCR assays was 97.7% (130/133). The clinical sensitivity and specificity were >98% and could be increased for the commercial kit when PCR was performed in multiplicate to detect low parasitic loads. In conclusion, the commercial PCR assay shows suitable performances to diagnose the different clinical forms of toxoplasmosis.
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hal-03282456 , version 1 (23-08-2021)

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Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Isabelle Accoceberry, Simon Pichard, Cécile Garnaud, et al.. Multicenter Comparative Assessment of the TIB MolBiol Toxoplasma gondii Detection Kit and Four Laboratory-Developed PCR Assays for Molecular Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 2021, 23 (8), pp.1000-1006. ⟨10.1016/j.jmoldx.2021.05.010⟩. ⟨hal-03282456⟩
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