Analytically Sensitive Rickettsia Species Detection for Laboratory Diagnosis

Author:

Chung Ida H.1,Robinson Lauren K.1,Stewart-Juba Jeri J.1,Dasch Gregory A.1,Kato Cecilia Y.1

Affiliation:

1. Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of rickettsial diseases is challenging because of the undifferentiated symptoms (commonly fever, headache, and malaise) and low bacteremia (< 100 genomic copies [gc]/mL) during the early acute stage of illness. Early treatment with doxycycline is critical for a positive outcome, especially in Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) infections where cases may be fatal within 5 to 10 days from symptom onset, emphasizing the need for more sensitive diagnostics. A real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay, RCKr, was developed and validated for Rickettsia spp. nucleic acid detection in human clinical samples. The limit of detection for RCKr was determined to be 20 gc/mL, compared with our 2013 (Kato et al.) laboratory developed test, PanR8 at 1,800 to 2,000 gc/mL. Inclusivity, exclusivity, accuracy, and precision results correlated as expected. From an evaluation of 49 banked clinical samples, RCKr detected 35 previously positive samples, as well as two specimens that were PanR8 real-time PCR negative yet clinically diagnosed as possible rickettsiosis. Ct values from RCKr clinical sample testing show a 100-fold increase relative to PanR8. Additional testing is needed to understand the clinical sensitivity of RCKr; however, this study demonstrates RCKr to have high analytical specificity and sensitivity for Rickettsia detection.

Publisher

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Subject

Virology,Infectious Diseases,Parasitology

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