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Table 1 Evaluation of primers and probes using real-time PCR

From: Development of a TaqMan Array card to target 21 purulent meningitis-related pathogens

 

R2

Efficiency (%)

LOD (copies/μL)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

1.0

90.23

100

Staphylococcus aureus

0.998

87.12

25

Escherichia coli

0.999

90.12

100

Listeria monocytogenes

1.0

94.42

25

Streptococcus agalactiae

0.997

85.42

25

Neisseria meningitidis

1.0

96.46

25

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

0.999

97.59

25

Leptospira

0.999

84.55

6.25

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

0.999

89.6

10

Oidium coccidioides

0.999

89.78

3.125

Histoplasma capsulatum

1.0

92.76

6.25

Cryptococcus neoformans

0.999

92.75

6.25

Staphylococcus epidermidis

0.997

92.75

100

Acinetobacter baumannii

0.995

85.81

100

Streptococcus suis serotype 2

0.999

85.0

12.5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1.0

85.36

50

Candida albicans

0.997

82.8

5

Haemophilus influenzae

0.998

94.1

5

Klebsiella pneumoniae

0.999

96.7

3.125

Aspergillus nidulans

0.997

95.0

3.125

Salmonella spp.

0.998a/0.995b

90.0a/92.1b

10a/25b

  1. Salmonella spp.in this study included Typhoid bacillus (a) and Salmonella paratyphi A (b)