Table 4.
Rapid nucleic acid isolation systems for pathogen detection in urine.
| Sample Type | Target Pathogen | Cell Lysis Method | Nucleic Acid Extraction Technique | Nucleic Acid Amplification Method | LOD/Extraction Efficiency | Total Sample-To-Answer/Sample Preparation Time | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urine | E. coli | On-chip hybrid chemical/mechanical cell lysis | SPE using silica impregnated polymer monolith | Benchtop real-time PCR | 10 CFU/mL | 40 min (sample preparation) | Kulinski et al. (2009) | |
| Urine | Chlamydia trachomatis | Chemical lysis | Paper-based SPE into a micropipette tip | HDA | 1000 cells/sample | ~50 min (sample-to-answer) | Linnes et al. (2014) | |
| Urine | Zika virus | Chemical lysis | Magnetic particles based SPE in a modified 3D printer | RT-RPA using prestored liquid reagents | 5 PFU/mL | 15 min (sample preparation) 25 min (sample to answer) | Chan et al. (2016b) | |
| Urine | Zika virus | Wax printed paper microfluidic chip was used to filter target pathogens | Paper based RT-LAMP | 1 copy/μL | 15 min (sample to answer) | Kaarj et al. (2018) | ||
| Urine | E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and S. aureus | Chemical lysis | Chitosan-modified glass filter paper embedded in capillaries captured nucleic acids | LAMP amplification using prestored LAMP primers | 200 CFU per capillary | 85 min (sample-to-answer) | Hui et al. (2018) | |
| Urine | Zika Virus | Chemical lysis | Cellulose paper-based RNA extraction | RT-LAMP | 3.5 PFU/mL | 50 min (sample to answer) | Jiang et al. (2018) | |
| Urine | Brucella ovis | Pathogen enrichment, chemical cell lysis and functionalized Teflon filter-based DNA extraction | Benchtop real-time PCR | 1 CFU/mL | Less than 20 min (sample preparation) | Zhao et al. (2019) | ||
| Urine | M. tb | Chemical cell lysis | Magnetic bead-based DNA extraction into a transfer pipette | Benchtop real-time PCR | 90% (extraction efficiency) | ~20 min (sample preparation) | Pearlman et al. (2020) | |
| Urine | Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) | Chemical lysis | Chitosan-modified Fusion 5 membrane captured DNA | HDA | 7 genomic equivalents of TV DNA per mL | 2 min (sample preparation) | Rosenbohm et al. (2020) | |