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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, p. 811-813, Vol. 47, No. 3
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02181-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of an Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor for Hepatitis C Virus Load Quantification{triangledown}

Elisa Martró,1,2,3 Nerea García-Sierra,1,2 Victoria González,1,2,3 Verónica Saludes,1,2,3 Lurdes Matas,1,2,3 and Vicenç Ausina1,2,4*

Microbiology Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol,1 Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain,2 CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain,3 CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Bunyola, Spain4

Received 13 November 2008/ Returned for modification 16 December 2008/ Accepted 27 December 2008

The increasing use of molecular methods strongly motivates clinical laboratories to introduce automated nucleic acid extractors. We compared the easyMAG (bioMérieux) with a manual extraction method for hepatitis C virus (HCV) load quantification (RealTime HCV; Abbott). Both methods were comparable, and, therefore, the easyMAG is suitable to be implemented in our laboratory for the management of HCV-infected patients.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiology Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Ctra de Canyet, s/n. 08916 Badalona, Spain. Phone: 34 934 978 894. Fax: 34 934 978 895. E-mail: vausina.germanstrias{at}gencat.net

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 7 January 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, p. 811-813, Vol. 47, No. 3
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02181-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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