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Unmodified gold nanoparticles for direct and rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
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Hussain (Hassa), Marwa, Samir, Tamer M. and Azzazy, Hassan M.E. (2013) Unmodified gold nanoparticles for direct and rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Clinical Biochemistry, 46 (7-8). pp. 633-637. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.12.020 ISSN 0009-9120.
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Abstract
Objectives
This work aims to develop rapid nano-gold assay prototypes for specific detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC).
Design and methods
Spherical gold nanoparticles (AuNPs, 14 nm) were synthesized by citrate reduction method and characterized by spectrophotometry and SEM. MTB 16s rDNA regions were amplified by PCR and amplicons were detected using genus- and species-specific oligotargeters and AuNPs. In a second prototype, MTBC unamplified genomic DNA was directly detected using species-specific oligo-targeters and AuNPs.
Results
Detection limits were 1 ng for PCR product and 40 ng for genomic DNA. The nano-gold prototype detected 45 positive genomic DNA samples which were also positive with automated liquid culture system (BACTEC™ MGIT™) and semi-nested PCR (100% concordance). Following DNA extraction, using standard procedures, the TB nano-gold prototype turnaround time is about 1 h.
Conclusions
We have developed nano-gold assay prototype for direct and inexpensive detection of MTBC. The developed prototypes are simple, sensitive, rapid and can substitute PCR-based detection. The developed assay may show potential in the clinical diagnosis of TB especially in developing countries.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Clinical Biochemistry | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. | ||||
ISSN: | 0009-9120 | ||||
Official Date: | May 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | 46 | ||||
Number: | 7-8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 633-637 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.12.020 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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