Table 2.
Organisms used for the specificity panel
|
Name |
Real-time PCR Result |
|
|---|---|---|
| Nucleic acid extraction | Homogenization and heat treatment | |
| HAdV-A, type 31 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-B, type 3 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-B, type 7 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-B, type 14 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-B type 34 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-C, type 1 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-C, type 2 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-C, type 6 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-D, type 8 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-D, type 10 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-D, type 20 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-D, type 26 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-D, type 29 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-E, type 4 |
+ |
+ |
| HAdV-F, type 40 |
+ |
+ |
| Influenza A (pandemic H1N1, seasonal H1N1 and seasonal H3N2) |
- |
- |
| Influenza B (Victoria and Yamagata lineages) |
- |
- |
| Parainfluenza virus (types 1 to 4) |
- |
- |
| Respiratory syncytial virus (types A and B) |
- |
- |
| Human coronaviruses (229E, OC43, NL63, and HKU1) |
- |
- |
| Human metapneumovirus |
- |
- |
| Rhinovirus (A, B or C) |
- |
- |
| Human bocavirus |
- |
- |
| Human herpesvirus (types 1–5, 6a, 6b, 7 and 8) |
- |
- |
|
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
- |
- |
|
Haemophilus influenzae |
- |
- |
|
Moraxella catarrhalis |
- |
- |
|
Legionella pneumophila |
- |
- |
|
Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
- |
- |
|
Staphylococcus aureus |
- |
- |
|
Staphylococcus epidermidis |
- |
- |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
- |
- |
|
Escherichia coli |
- |
- |
|
Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
- |
- |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | - | - |
*Virus and bacterial strains were obtained from the microbiology laboratory at CDHA (Halifax, NS) or the Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Calgary, Alberta).