@article{PAR00010632, title = {{A} {DNA} microarray for the versatile diagnosis of infectious diarrhea}, author = {{D}onatin, {E}. and {B}uffet, {S}. and {L}eroy, {Q}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {D}rancourt, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}everal bacteria, viruses, and parasites cause diarrhea as coinfecting pathogens. {W}e designed a {DNA} microarray comprising 60-bp probes spotted 194times for the multiplex detection of 33 enteropathogenic bacteria and seven enteropathogenic viruses, and the archaeon {M}ethanobrevibacter smithii was used as an internal positive control. {N}ine pathogen-free stool specimens were used as negative controls. {O}ne of these control specimens was further spiked with {S}almonella enterica as a positive control. {T}he microarray was then tested with 40 pathological stool specimens, comprising {S}. enterica (n=30), {C}ampylobacter jejuni (n=4), pathogenic {E}scherichia coli (n=2), and adenovirus (n=4). {M}. smithii was detected in 47/49 (95.9%) specimens, no pathogen was detected in negative controls and {S}. enterica was identified in the {S}. enterica-spiked positive control. {T}he overall specificity was 100% and the overall sensitivity was 97.5% because one {S}. enterica sample was missed by the microarray. {T}he multiplexed detection of {C}. jejuni spiked into an adenovirus-positive stool sample gave positive results, with fluorescence values of 14.3 and 9.1, respectively. {T}hese data indicate that using the protocol developed in this article, the {DNA} array allows for the multiplexed detection of some enteropathogens in stool samples.}, keywords = {{DNA} microarray ; diagnosis ; infectious diarrhea}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}pmis}, volume = {121}, numero = {7}, pages = {634--642}, ISSN = {0903-4641}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1111/apm.12081}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00010632}, }