{"title":"Establishment and evaluation of MIRA-qPCR assay for the rapid and sensitively detection of <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i>.","authors":"Qiao Qiao, Yi-Yue Ge, Xiao-Juan Zhu, Kang-Chen Zhao, Yin Chen, Lun-Biao Cui, Tao Wu","doi":"10.1080/17460913.2024.2398886","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Aim:</b> <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> (MP) is a common cause of respiratory infections, and its incidence has increased post-COVID-19 due to \"immune debt.\" Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is the standard for detecting MP, but it has a lengthy detection time. This study aimed to establish a highly sensitive rapid detection method for MP.<b>Materials & methods:</b> We developed an integrated assay combining multienzyme isothermal rapid amplification (MIRA) with qPCR, referred to as MIRA-qPCR, for the rapid detection of MP, delivering results within approximately 40 min.<b>Results:</b> The analytic sensitivity of the MIRA-qPCR assay was 10 copies per reaction, and it exhibited no cross-reactivity with other respiratory pathogens, ensuring high specificity. Clinical sample analysis demonstrated higher sensitivity for MIRA-qPCR compared to qPCR reported in the literature, and 100% concordance with commercial qPCR kit.<b>Conclusion:</b> The MIRA-qPCR method established in this study is a promising tool for the clinical detection of MP, offering significant advantages for the rapid diagnosis of MP infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":12773,"journal":{"name":"Future microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1455-1461"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11492641/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Future microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17460913.2024.2398886","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/9/11 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Aim:Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is a common cause of respiratory infections, and its incidence has increased post-COVID-19 due to "immune debt." Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is the standard for detecting MP, but it has a lengthy detection time. This study aimed to establish a highly sensitive rapid detection method for MP.Materials & methods: We developed an integrated assay combining multienzyme isothermal rapid amplification (MIRA) with qPCR, referred to as MIRA-qPCR, for the rapid detection of MP, delivering results within approximately 40 min.Results: The analytic sensitivity of the MIRA-qPCR assay was 10 copies per reaction, and it exhibited no cross-reactivity with other respiratory pathogens, ensuring high specificity. Clinical sample analysis demonstrated higher sensitivity for MIRA-qPCR compared to qPCR reported in the literature, and 100% concordance with commercial qPCR kit.Conclusion: The MIRA-qPCR method established in this study is a promising tool for the clinical detection of MP, offering significant advantages for the rapid diagnosis of MP infections.
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Future Microbiology delivers essential information in concise, at-a-glance article formats. Key advances in the field are reported and analyzed by international experts, providing an authoritative but accessible forum for this increasingly important and vast area of research.