Line probe assay for differentiation within Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Evaluation on clinical specimens and isolates including Mycobacterium pinnipedii

Marianne Kirstine Kjeldsen; Dorte Bek; Erik Michael Rasmussen; Anders Priemé; Vibeke Østergaard Thomsen

doi:10.1080/00365540903127425

Line probe assay for differentiation within Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Evaluation on clinical specimens and isolates including Mycobacterium pinnipedii

Marianne Kirstine Kjeldsen, Dorte Bek, Erik Michael Rasmussen, Anders Priemé, Vibeke Østergaard Thomsen

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Abstract

A line probe assay (GenoType MTBC) was evaluated for species differentiation within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). We included 387 MTBC isolates, 43 IS6110 low-copy MTBC isolates, 28 clinical specimens with varying microscopy grade, and 30 isolates of non-tuberculous mycobacteria. The assay was 100% specific and identified all 387 isolates and 98% of all IS6110 low-copy strains in concordance with the gold standard. The 2% discrepancy was caused by 1 isolate showing a faint restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern. The assay could provide specifies identification in 13 of 19 (68%) microscopy-positive specimens and 0 of 9 microscopy-negative specimens. To our surprise, the probe for M. africanum subtype I reacted with M. pinnipedii. This cross-reaction has not previously been reported. The assay was rapid, easy to perform and directly applicable in highly smear-positive specimens. We predict that the assay will enable enhanced surveillance of species-specific treatment outcome, which may change treatment regimens.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	41
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	635-41
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0036-5548
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540903127425
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Line probe assay for differentiation within Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Evaluation on clinical specimens and isolates including Mycobacterium pinnipedii. / Kjeldsen, Marianne Kirstine; Bek, Dorte; Rasmussen, Erik Michael et al.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 41, No. 9, 2009, p. 635-41.

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