بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (وإن لكم في الأنعام لعبرة نسقيكم مما في بطونه ، من بين فرث ودم لبناً خالصاً سائغاً للشاربين ) سورة النحل آيه (66)
Brucella spp. Brucella spp.( Coccobacilli )
Drinking Un- pasteurized camel, sheep, goat or cattle Milk Contact with Infected Animals
Surgeon David Bruce;1887 Micrococcus melitensis
Gram Negative coccobacilli Culture on Chocolate agar Microbiological Characteristics of Brucella spp
Portals of Entry
Fever, headache Sore throat Joint Pain Muscle Aches Ear Aches Fatigue Anorexia
1 Clinical 2 Blood Cultures 3 Serology 4 PCR
To compare 3 of the reported PCR techniques for Diagnosis of Brucellosis from Human blood and determine the most suitable technique for a Clinical Microbiology Lab in terms of Sensitivity, Specificity, Robustness and Ease of Implementation
Material 147 random samples from Brucellosis patients 50 control samplesQuestionnaire Brucella melitensis
Methods 3 PCR techniques using genus specific primers ElectrophoresisLimit of Detection DNA extraction
Primers (B 4 and B 5 ) Brucella abortus 223bp fragment B 4 =5 TGGCTCGGTTGCCAATATCAA3' B 5 =5' CGCGCTTGCCTTTCAGGTCTG-3' StepTempTime 1Initial Denaturation93 o C5 min 2Template Denaturation90 o C60 Sec 3Primer Annealing60 o C60 Sec 4Primer Extension72 o C60 Sec 5Final Extension72 o C7 min Cycling Profile Repeated 35 times
Primers (JPF and JPR) Brucella abortus encoding 193bp ) JPF=5' GCGCTCAGGCTGCCGACGCAA-3' JPR=5' ACCAGCCATTGCGGTCGGTA-3' StepTempTime 1Initial Denaturation94 o C4 min 2Template Denaturation94 o C60 Sec 3Primer Annealing60 o C60 Sec 4Primer Extension72 o C60 Sec 5Final Extension72 o C3 min Repeated 35 cycles Cycling Profile
Primers (F 4 and R 2 ) Brucella abortus 905bp fragment. (Romero et al.,1995 ). F4 = 5'TCGAGCGCCCGCAAAGGG-3' R 2 = 5'AACCATAGTGTCTCCACTAA-3' Cycling Profile StepTempTime 1Initial Denaturation95 o C5 min 2Template Denaturation95 o C30 Sec 3Primer Annealing54 o C90 Sec 4Primer Extension72 o C90 Sec 5Final Extension72 o C6 min Repeated 30 cycles
(PCR Work Station - Plas Labs)
(MyCycler - Bio Rad)
STEPS INVOLVED Taq Polymerase Forward Primer Reverse Primer
P =0.05 Age Distribution of Brucella species Less than 25 ys25 to < 50 ysMore than 50 ys
Fever Anorexia Headache Vomiting Fatigue P=0.001 Symptoms of Brucellosis in the study population Body aches
Smudged bands DNA Extraction
M
Modifications
StepTempTime 1Initial Denaturation93 o C5 min 2Template Denaturation90 o C60 Sec 3Primer Annealing60 o C60 Sec 4Primer Extension72 o C60 Sec 5Final Extension72 o C7 min Repeated 40 times تكرر 40
Repeated 40 times StepTempTime 1Initial Denaturation94 o C4 min 2Template Denaturation94 o C60 Sec 3Primer Annealing60 o C60 Sec 4Primer Extension72 o C60 Sec 5Final Extension72 o C3 min تكرر 40
Repeated 35 times StepTempTime 1Initial Denaturation95 o C5 min 2Template Denaturation95 o C30 Sec 3Primer Annealing54 o C90 Sec 4Primer Extension72 o C90 Sec 5Final Extension72 o C6 min تكرر (35) تكرر 35
7x 10 2 cfu/ml
7 x 10 5 cfu/ml
7 x 10 7 cfu/ml
144 (98.0)* 130 (88.4)* 78 (53.1) * 69(147) 17 (147) 3 (147) (100) 50 P= Results obtained using the 3 sets of primers
P = 0.05 Senitivity and Specificity of the 3 sets of primers
Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2007
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2008
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