Detection of Drug Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains Using Kit SIRE Nitratase®: a Multicenter Study
Braz. arch. biol. technol
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ABSTRACT
Abstract (1) Background:
The Commercial Kit SIRE Nitratase® PlastLabor, is a drug susceptibility test kit used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to first-line TB treatment drugs. The present study aimed at evaluating its performance in a multicenter study. (2)Methods:
To determine its accuracy, the proportion methods in Lowenstein Jensen medium or the BACTECTMMGITTM960 system was used as a gold standard. (3)Results:
The study revealed that the respective accuracies of the kit with 190 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates, using the proportion methods in Lowenstein Jensen medium or BACTECTMMGITTM960 system as a gold standard, were 93.9% and 94.6%, 96.9% and 94.6%, 98.0% and 97.8%, and 98.0% and 98.9%, for streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin, and ethambutol, respectively. (4)Conclusion:
Thus, the kit can rapidly screen resistance to streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin, and ethambutol. Additionally, it does not require sophisticated equipment; hence, it can be easily used in the laboratories of low and middle income countries.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos
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Antibióticos Antituberculose
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. arch. biol. technol
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Braz. arch. biol. technol. (Online)
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Brazilian archives of biology and technology (Impresso)
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
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Portugal
País de publicação:
Brasil