Clinical Evaluation of BDProbeTec ET Direct TB Assay for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory and Non-Respiratory Specimens / 대한임상병리학회지
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
;
: 512-519, 2001.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-199463
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Recently developed BDProbeTec ET direct TB assay (BDET; Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, USA) uses strand displacement amplification in which DNA segments of the IS6110 are amplified and detected by a fluorescent energy transfer. In this study, we evaluated the performance of the BDET for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in respiratory and non-respiratory specimens by comparing results with those of COBAS AMPLICOR MTB assay (CAS Roche, Basel, Switzerland) and Mycobacteria growth indicator tube (MGIT) in a clinical setting.METHODS:
A total of 281 (152 respiratory and 129 non-respiratory) specimens collected from 253 patients were tested in parallel with three assays. The results were evaluated in combination with both MGIT cultures and clinical data set to the so-called "gold standard".RESULTS:
Forty specimens (14.2%) were from patients with tuberculosis, and thirty specimens (10.7%) were culture positive for MTBC. The level of agreement between cultures, CAS, and BDET was 87.2%. The sensitivities, specificities, and the positive and negative predictive values for respiratory specimens were 69.2%, 100%, 100%, and 94.0%, respectively, for CAS, and 76.9%, 92.9%, 69.0%, and 95.1%, respectively, for BDET. The same values for non-respiratory specimens were 42.9%, 100%, 100%, and 93.5%, respectively, for CAS, and 100%, 93.0%, 63.6%, and 100%, respectively, for BDET. CAS was significantly more specific than BDET with both respiratory (P=0.002) and non-respiratory (P=0.004) specimens and BDET was far more sensitive than CAS for non-respiratory specimens (P=0.001). CONCLUSTIONS Considering the low sensitivities of other available tests, BDET is a potentially excellent diagnostic tool for diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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DNA
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Diagnosis
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Energy Transfer
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Dataset
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Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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