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Abstract

Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) on serum provides significant added value to the diagnosis of Q fever, mainly at the acute stage of the disease in seronegative patients and in patients with endocarditis. We evaluated the benefits of DNA concentration in serum by lyophilization to improve qPCR sensitivity. The detection limit of qPCR was determined by comparing six 10-fold dilutions of serum (calibrated with 10 bacteria ml) with and without lyophilization. We also tested, after lyophilization, 73 sera from patients with acute Q fever and 10 sera from patients with endocarditis for which specific qPCR for performed under our usual conditions remained negative. Lyophilization of DNA was found to improve sensitivity of the qPCR; the limit of detection of DNA by qPCR was 100-fold lower in lyophilized sera (1 bacterium ml) than in non-lyophilized sera (10 bacteria ml). Among the 73 sera from patients with acute Q fever, 26 (36 %) were positive after lyophilization, demonstrating a sensitivity gain of 44 % for early negative sera and 30 % for positive sera compared to our usual qPCR conditions. Sensitivity was also higher in sera from patients with endocarditis for which 8/10 (80 %) were positive after lyophilization. Our results serve as a proof of concept that lyophilization increases the sensitivity of qPCR in serum by concentrating bacterial DNA. This technique may be applied for the earlier diagnosis of other fastidious bacteria or viruses and extended to other clinical samples.

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