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. 2023 Apr;42(4):461-470.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-023-04571-3. Epub 2023 Feb 22.

Development of a rapid diagnostic test based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification to identify the most frequent non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars from culture

Birgit Edel  1 , Stefan Glöckner  1 , Sylvia Stoll  1 , Nora Lindig  1 , Katharina Boden  2 , Lars Wassill  3 , Sandra Simon  4 , Bettina Löffler  1 , Jürgen Rödel  5
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Development of a rapid diagnostic test based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification to identify the most frequent non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars from culture

Birgit Edel et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

Identification of Salmonella serovars is performed by conventional seroagglutination or sequencing. These methods are labor-intensive and require technical experience. An easy-to-perform assay allowing the timely identification of the most common non-typhoidal serovars (NTS) is needed. In this study, a molecular assay based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) targeting specific gene sequences of Salmonella Enteritidis, S. Typhimurium, S. Infantis, S. Derby, and S. Choleraesuis has been developed for rapid serovar identification from cultured colonies. A total of 318 Salmonella strains and 25 isolates of other Enterobacterales species that served as negative controls were analyzed. All S. Enteritidis (n = 40), S. Infantis (n = 27), and S. Choleraesuis (n = 11) strains were correctly identified. Seven out of 104 S. Typhimurium and 10 out of 38 S. Derby strains missed a positive signal. Cross-reactions of the gene targets were only rarely observed and restricted to the S. Typhimurium primer set (5 false-positives). Sensitivity and specificity of the assay compared to seroagglutination were as follows: 100% and 100% for S. Enteritidis, 93.3% and 97.7% for S. Typhimurium, 100% and 100% for S. Infantis, 73.7% and 100% for S. Derby, and 100% and 100% for S. Choleraesuis, respectively. With results available in just a few minutes of hands-on time and a test run time of 20 min, the LAMP assay developed here may be a useful tool for the rapid identification of common Salmonella NTS in daily routine diagnostics.

Keywords: Diagnostics; LAMP; Salmonella; Serovar.

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Conflict of interest statement

L.W. is managing director of Amplex Diagnostics, whose lyophilization service was used for this project. The other authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1
Pre-evaluation of the JYM79_16920 primer set for identification of S. Typhimurium using three different strains. S. Enteritidis, and S. Derby served as controls. The thresholds of the fluorescence level (a) and amplification rate (b) are marked with a broken light blue line. The fluorescence signal must raise above both thresholds
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