Table 1.

Multiplexed assays for infectious agents.

Microorganisms detected simultaneously	Test principle	References
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Haemophilus influenza, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Legionella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae	PCR-Luminex Multiplex method	Jiang et al. 8
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2	PCR-Luminex Multiplex method	Zhou et al. 9
Adenovirus, rotavirus, norovirus, Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., Shigella spp., Clostridium difficile, Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica, Vibrio cholerae, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium spp.	PCR-Luminex Multiplex method	Claas et al. 10
Shigella spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio cholerae, Legionella pneumophila, Clostridium botulinum	PCR-Luminex Multiplex method	Zhao et al. 11
Human papillomavirus, Helicobacter pylori, hepatitis C virus, and Poliomavirus JC	Luminex immunoassay	Waterboer et al. 12
Norovirus GI and GII, rotavirus, astrovirus, sapovirus, and adenovirus	PCR-Luminex Multiplex method	Liu et al. 13
Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Ancylostoma duodenale, Ascaris lumbricoides, Necator americanus, and Strongyloides stercoralis	PCR-Luminex Multiplex method	Taniuchi et al. 14
Toxoplasma gondii, rubella, and cytomegalovirus	Luminex immunoassay	Binnicker et al. 15