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Evaluation of a IS 6110‐Taqman real‐time PCR assay to detect M ycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples of patients with pulmonary TB
Author(s) -
Lira L.A.S.,
Santos F.C.F.,
Carvalho M.S.Z.,
Montenegro R.A.,
Lima J.F.C.,
Schindler H.C.,
Montenegro L.M.L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 1364-5072
DOI - 10.1111/jam.12119
Subject(s) - taqman , sputum , tuberculosis , medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , gold standard (test) , pulmonary tuberculosis , real time polymerase chain reaction , respiratory disease , virology , pathology , lung , biology , gene , biochemistry
Aim Evaluate the IS 6110 ‐Taqman system performance in sputum samples from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis from health services in north‐eastern Brazil as a diagnostic laboratory tool for pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods and Results 165 sputum samples from respiratory symptomatic patients were evaluated in the IS 6110 ‐TaqMan assay: 66 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 99 without TB . When the IS 6110 ‐TaqMan assay was evaluated using culture and/or clinical response to the specific treatment as the gold standard, IS 6110 ‐TaqMan assay obtained a sensitivity of 87·9% and specificity of 98%. The performance of IS 6110 ‐TaqMan assay was also evaluated with the sputum smear microscopy, resulting in a sensitivity of 79·7% and specificity 94·8%. Conclusions The IS 6110 ‐TaqMan was rapid, sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB . Significance and Impact of the Study IS 6110 ‐TaqMan assay is a promising auxiliary tool for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB when used in conjunction with routine laboratory tests, clinical and epidemiological criteria of the patient, thus increasing the sensitivity and specificity of diagnosis.