Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria by multiplex, real-time PCR - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 2009 May;47(5):1497-502.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.01868-08. Epub 2009 Mar 18.

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Comparative Study

Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria by multiplex, real-time PCR

E T Richardson et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 May.

Abstract

The rapid identification of mycobacteria from culture is of primary importance for the administration of empirical antibiotic therapy and for the implementation of public health measures, yet there are few commercially available assays that can easily and accurately identify the mycobacteria in culture in a timely manner. Here we report on the development of a multiplex, real-time PCR assay that can identify 93% of the pathogenic mycobacteria in our laboratory in two parallel reactions. The mycobacteria identified by this assay include the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), the M. avium complex (MAC), the M. chelonae-M. abscessus group (MCAG), the M. fortuitum group (MFG), and M. mucogenicum. The primer targets included the 16S rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer. The assay was initially validated with a repository of reference strains and was subsequently tested with 314 clinical cultures identified by the AccuProbe assay or high-performance liquid chromatography. Of the 314 cultures tested, multiplex, real-time PCR produced congruent results for 99.8% of the 1,559 targets evaluated. The sensitivity and the specificity were each 99% or greater for MTC (n = 96), MAC (n = 97), MCAG (n = 68), and M. mucogenicum (n = 9) and 95% and 100%, respectively, for MFG (n = 19). We conclude that this multiplex, real-time PCR assay is a useful diagnostic tool for the rapid and accurate identification of MTC and clinically relevant nontuberculous mycobacteria.

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FIG. 1.

Melting curve analysis of amplicons obtained by multiplex, real-time PCR allows the identification of mycobacteria. Representative reaction 1 melting curves for M. tuberculosis (A), M. avium (B), and M. fortuitum (C) and representative reaction 2 melting curves for M. chelonae (D), M. fortuitum (E), and M. avium (F) are shown. Peaks corresponding to specific products are labeled.

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