Abstract: The aim of this study was to establish a simultaneous triple PCR detection method for Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus),Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.aeruginosa) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K.pneumoniae).Three pairs of specific primers had been designed according to nuc gene of S.aureus,toxR gene of P.aeruginosa and PhoE gene of K.pneumoniae.The triple PCR reaction conditions were optimized on the basis of single PCR methods.At the same time,specificity,sensitivity and repeatability tests of the triple PCR method were studied,and the results of bacteria isolation and culture and the triple PCR method were compared.The results showed that the amplification product sizes were 484,278 and 368 bp,respectively.The optimal annealing temperature was 56 to 59 ℃,the concentrations of primers were all 0.2 μmol/L,dNTP concentration was 200 μmol/L,Mg²⁺ concentration was 2.5 mmol/L.The specificity test showed that there was no cross reaction between these three bacteria templates and other eight kinds of common bacteria templates,such as Bordetella bronchiseptica.The minimum of simultaneous detection of three bacteria genomic DNA was 10^-5 ng/μL.The results of three repeatability tests of triple PCR were the same which indicated the repeatability was good.30 samples from mice were detected by bacteria isolation and culture and the triple PCR method,the detection rate of triple PCR was slightly higher than the bacteria isolation and culture.The positive samples detected by bacteria isolation and culture were also positive detected by triple PCR.The results showed that a specific,sensitive and efficient triple PCR system had been established and could provide the technical support for bacteria detection and epidemiological investigation of laboratory animals.

Key words: triple PCR; Staphylococcus aureus; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Klebsiella pneumonia