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In the present study, we aimed to develop a nucleic acid lateral-flow method for the rapid and sensitive detection of multiple bacteria that contaminate platelet concentrations (PCs). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplicons were produced by a set of board-range primers that recognize the conserved region of bacteria 16S rDNA, followed by hybridization with both an FITC (fluorescein isothiocyanate)-labelled probe and biotin-labelled probe, and then a nucleic acid lateral-flow dipstick (LFD) assay. The LFD accurately identified 7 species of bacteria, but had no cross-reactivity with human genomic DNA. The limit of detection (LOD) of the LFD assay was as low as 101 copies/μL of 16S rDNA for plasmid. In the case of spiked PCs without enrichment, the detection limit of LFD for K. pneumonia was 5 CFU/mL, 6.5 × 104 CFU/mL for the S. epidermidis and 35 CFU/mL for P. aeruginosa.
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Wang, J., Wang, X., Li, Y. et al. A Novel, Universal and Sensitive Lateral-Flow Based Method for the Detection of Multiple Bacterial Contamination in Platelet Concentrations. ANAL. SCI. 28, 237–241 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.28.237
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