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The ISO 6579:2002/Amd 1:2007 (ISO) standard has been the bacteriological standard method used in the European Union for
ples were defatted, weighed (25 g/animal), externally decontaminated by TABLE 1 Se’s and Sp’s of some PCR techniques targeting the invA gene
dipping into absolute alcohol and further flaming, homogenized in 225 of Salmonella spp. when performed on feces or tissues from pigs
ml of buffered peptone water (BPW), and incubated for 18 ⫾ 2 h at 37 ⫾ Se (%) Sp (%) Technique Reference
1°C. Thereafter, 3 drops (33 l each) of incubated BPW were inoculated
100 100 qRT-PCR 28
into a modified semisolid Rappaport Vassiliadis (MSRV) medium, and
100 96 PCR 31
plates were incubated for 24 ⫾ 3 h at 41.5 ⫾ 1°C (negative samples were
100 75.5 PCR 34
reincubated for an additional 24 h). One microliter of the presumptive
99.4 100 PCR 32
Salmonella growth (detected by the halo generated in MSRV after 24 or 48
98.9 97.3 qRT-PCR 33
h) was transferred to two selective media (xylosine lysine deoxycholate
97 96 PCR 18
[XLD] and brilliant green [BG] agars). Suspected colonies were con-
91 88 PCR 14
firmed biochemically (triple sugar iron [TSI] agar, urea agar, L-lysine de-
90–96a 99 qRT-PCR 35
carboxylation medium, and indole reaction) and by serotyping at the a
National Centre for Animal Salmonellosis (Madrid, Spain) following the Depending on whether or not the model included dependence parameters between
qRT-PCR and bacteriology.
Kauffmann-White-Le Minor scheme (21).
TABLE 2 Cross-classification of results obtained by invA-based PCR 0.51), and therefore, the overall kappa statistic was further calcu-
and ISO protocol alone or after second culture of the 33 discrepant lated. The level of agreement between ISO and PCR was consid-
samples from PA and PBa ered substantial ( ⫽ 0.77).
No. of samples Overall, ISO failed to detect 33 of the 186 PCR-positive samples
PA PB (17.7%; 27 from PA and 6 from PB). When these 33 samples were
⫹ ⫺
submitted to a second BPW nonselective enrichment, 19 new Sal-
PCR result ISO ISO ISO⫹ ISO⫺ Total monella sp. isolates (18 from PA and 1 from PB) were obtained,
b
Positive 137 (155) 27 (9) 16 (17) 6 (5) 186 suggesting that ISO failed to detect Salmonella spp. in at least
Negative 22 146 5 287 460 57.5% of PCR-positive samples (Table 2, data in parentheses).
Total 159 (177) 173 (155) 21 (22) 293 (292) 646
Considering these 19 new Salmonella isolates, the kappa statistic
a
Discrepant samples were PCR⫹ and ISO⫺. The kappa statistic value considering suggested an almost perfect agreement between the two tests ( ⫽
exclusively the ISO results was 0.77 (95% CI, 0.72, 0.83).
b
Values in parentheses represent the number of samples with the indicated result after
0.85; 95% CI, 0.80, 0.89).
a second culture. The posterior medians obtained with the different Bayesian
TABLE 3 Results from different Bayesian models of SeISO, SePCR, and SpPCR for detection of Salmonella spp. in MLN samples from PA and PBa
Median % (95% PI)
Model SeISO SePCR SpPCR PA prevalence PB prevalence
I 87.6 (81.7, 92.7) 83.6 (78.4, 88.1) 97.4 (95.2, 98.8) 56.7 (51.1, 62.2) 7.9 (5.1, 11.3)
II 87.9 (81.9, 92.9) 83.7 (78.5, 88.1) 97.3 (95.1, 98.8) 55.9 (50.1, 61.6) 7.6 (4.8, 11)
III 88.7 (82.7, 94) 83.7 (78.5, 88.1) 97.3 (95, 98.8) 56.5 (50.8, 62) 7.9 (5.1, 11.3)
IV 85.7 (79.6, 90.9) 82 (75.9, 87.1) 99.1 (97.1, 99.9) 57.7 (52.2, 63.2) 8.4 (5.6, 11.9)
a
Conditional independence between tests was assumed. Model I, fully informative; model II, noninformative (1, 1) priors for PA and PB; model III, noninformative (1, 1) priors for
SeISO; model IV, noninformative (1, 1) priors for SePCR and SpPCR.
TABLE 4 Distribution of Salmonella sp. serotype and serogroup strains difference between population prevalences found contributed to
isolated in pig MLN samples from PA and PBa obtain a better precision (i.e., a smaller 95% PI) of test estimates
No. of strains (30).
Serogroup PA PB Regarding the assessment of the conditional independence be-
(no. of tween the two tests, the different models performed under this
Serotype (no. of strains) strains) Total PCR ISO Total PCR⫺ ISO⫺
⫺ ⫺
assumption yielded results very similar to those from the condi-
Typhimurium (77) B (99) 70 6 7 7 1 0
4,12:i:⫺ (17) 11 0 0 6 2 0
tional dependence models (data from the dependence models not
Wien (2) 2 1 0 0 NA NA shown), supporting the lack of a significant correlation between
Bredeney (1) 1 1 0 0 NA NA the sensitivities of the tests (39) and thus indicating that the con-
Derby (1) 0 NA NA 1 0 0 ditional independence model (Table 3) could be used.
Paratyphi B (var. Java) (1) 1 0 0 0 NA NA It has been described that the absence of a constant test Se
Rissen (24) C1 (40) 24 5 0 0 NA NA
Oranienburg (4) 4 1 0 0 NA NA
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