PRODUCT

Meningitis Bacterial ELITe MGB® Kit

Bacterial meningitis is very serious and can be deadly in few hours. Antibiotic treatment has to be started as soon as possible and even if people recover from bacterial meningitis, permanent disabilities, brain damage, hearing loss, and learning disabilities. Conventional methods such as culture, underestimate the incidence of bacterial meningitis and sepsis Meningitis Bacterial ELITe MGB® Kit product is part of a qualitative multiplex nucleic acids amplification assay for the detection and identification of the DNA of Neisseria meningitidis,Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus influenzae type B in clinical samples. The assay is CE-IVD validated, in combination with ELITe InGenius®, a fully automated sample-to-result solution.

Benefits

Conserved target
  • N. meningitidis: ctrA gene
  • S. pneumoniae: lytA gene
  • H. influenzae: fucK gene
  • H. influenzae Type B: bcsB gene
  • Internal control based on an artificial sequence (IC2)
Best in class PCR technology
  • ELITe MGB probes designed with Minor Groove Binder, Superbases® and Eclipse® Dark Quencher
Sample
  • Whole Blood and CFS
Integrated workflow
  • Fully automated process for extraction, amplification and result analysis with ELITe InGenius
High Performance
  • N. meningitidis: 100% clinical sensitivity and 100% clinical specificity
  • S. pneumoniae: 100% clinical sensitivity and 100% clinical specificity
  • H. influenzae: 100% clinical sensitivity and 100% clinical specificity
  • H. influenzae type B: 100% clinical sensitivity and 100% clinical specificity
Eluate storage
  • Additional testing including multiple PCR from the same eluate, retesting or archiving
Minimal hands-on time
  • Less than 2 minutes per sample from extraction to result analysis
Complete meningitis menu
  • Meningitis Viral 1 ELITe MGB® Panel and Meningitis Viral 2 ELITe MGB® Panel

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