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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1998, p. 2714-2717, Vol. 36, No. 9
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Comparative Evaluation of Colorimetric Microtiter Plate Systems for Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Yi-Wei Tang, Paul N. Rys, Barbara J. Rutledge, P. Shawn Mitchell, Thomas F. Smith, and David H. Persing*

Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Received 10 March 1998/Returned for modification 13 April 1998/Accepted 3 June 1998

In the past few years, application of the PCR to the detection of herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with encephalitis and meningitis has become standard laboratory practice. However, from an operational perspective, the true diagnostic value of PCR in this setting is yet to be realized because most laboratories subject the amplification products to lengthy probe hybridization procedures by Southern blotting. As alternatives to Southern blotting, we evaluated colorimetric microtiter plate (MTP) systems from ViroMed Laboratories, Inc. (PrimeCapture), CPG, Inc. (Quanti-PATH), and Incstar Corp. (GEN-ETI-K), in addition to a system developed at the Mayo Clinic with the PCR ELISA system (Boehringer Mannheim Corp.). We tested PCR products from 86 clinical CSF specimens submitted to our Molecular Microbiology Laboratory. The CSF specimens used had to have sufficient volume for comparative analysis. By conventional Southern blotting methods, 54 were positive and 32 were negative for HSV DNA. Compared with Southern blotting, the sensitivity and specificity were 63.0 and 100.0%, respectively, for the PrimeCapture system, 98.2 and 96.9%, respectively, for the Quanti-PATH system, 98.2 and 100.0%, respectively, for the GEN-ETI-K system, and 100.0 and 96.9%, respectively, for the Mayo system. All four MTP systems had turnaround times 12 to 24 h less than that for Southern blotting. There were no significant differences in costs or technologist time between the Mayo system and Southern blotting. Other features of the Mayo system include type-specific genotypic identification of HSV and the potential for determination of drug resistance by DNA sequencing. Overall, we found that colorimetric MTP systems were likely to improve test turnaround times and patient care at no additional cost.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hilton 470, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St., S.W., Rochester MN 55905. Phone: (507) 284-2876. Fax: (507) 284-4272. E-mail: persing.david{at}mayo.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1998, p. 2714-2717, Vol. 36, No. 9
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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