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Bumbrah GS, Jain S, Fatima Z, Hameed S. Efficacy of LAMP assay for Mycobacterial spp. detection to prevent treatment delays and onset of drug resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Drug Target Insights 2023; 17:78-89. [PMID: 37304408 PMCID: PMC10249090 DOI: 10.33393/dti.2023.2596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a deadly disease affecting one-third population globally. Long turnaround time and poor sensitivity of the conventional diagnostics are the major impediments for faster diagnosis of Mycobacterial spp to prevent drug resistance. To overcome these issues, molecular diagnostics have been developed. They offer enhanced sensitivity but require sophisticated infrastructure, skilled manpower and remain expensive. Methods In that context, loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay, recommended by the WHO in 2016 for TB diagnosis, sounds as a promising alternative that facilitates visual read outs. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to conduct a meta-analysis to assess the diagnostic efficiency of LAMP for the detection of a panel of Mycobacterium spp. following PRISMA guidelines using scientific databases. From 1600 studies reported on the diagnosis of Mycobacterium spp., a selection of 30 articles were identified as eligible to meet the criteria of LAMP based diagnosis. Results It was found that most of the studies were conducted in high disease burden nations such as India, Thailand, and Japan with sputum as the most common specimen to be used for LAMP assay. Furthermore, IS6110 gene and fluorescence-based detections ranked as the most used target and method respectively. The accuracy and precision rates mostly varied between 79.2% to 99.3% and 73.9% to 100%, respectively. Lastly, a quality assessment based on QUADAS-2 of bias and applicability was conducted. Conclusion LAMP technology could be considered as a feasible alternative to current diagnostics considering high burden for rapid testing in low resource regions.
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- Gurvinder Singh Bumbrah
- Department of Forensic Sciences, Amity School of Applied Sciences, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, Manesar - India
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- Department of Mathematics, Amity School of Applied Sciences, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, Manesar - India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, Manesar - India
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Bisha, Bisha - Saudi Arabia
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram, Manesar - India
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Mikami Y, Fuwa K, Arima E, Suda Y, Yanagihara I, Ibara S. Validation of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid and sensitive detection of Ureaplasma species in respiratory tracts of preterm infants. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247618. [PMID: 33661943 PMCID: PMC7932158 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction A simple and rapid diagnosis of Ureaplasma spp. is required for the choice of the appropriate antibiotic. However, an ideal detection method has not been available. This study examines the efficacy of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay, which provides rapid and sensitive results, to detect Ureaplasma spp. in respiratory tract samples of preterm infants. Methods The study included preterm infants born before 32 weeks of gestation admitted Kagoshima City Hospital from June 2018 to March 2020. Nasopharyngeal swabs and/or tracheal aspirates were obtained in the first seven postnatal days. One hundred sixty-seven nasopharyngeal swabs and 101 tracheal aspirates were analyzed by LAMP, culture, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Results All 167 infants had a median (range) gestational age of 28.7 weeks (22.3–30.9) and birthweight 1030g (322–1828). One hundred sixty-seven nasopharyngeal swabs and 101 tracheal aspirates were obtained. In the results of nasopharyngeal swabs, the sensitivity and specificity of LAMP were 73.9% (17/23) and 97.2% (140/144), whereas those of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction were 73.9% (17/23) and 95.8% (138/144), compared to culture. In the results of tracheal aspirates, the sensitivity and specificity of LAMP were 89.5% (17/19) and 92.7% (76/82), whereas those of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction were 89.5% (17/19) and 93.9% (77/82), compared to culture. Conclusions The LAMP assay showed similar sensitivity and specificity with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in the respiratory tracts of preterm infants including extremely preterm infants during the immediate postnatal period. Therefore, the LAMP is a practical alternative for the early detection so that appropriate antibiotics can be administered for preventing BPD.
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- Yuta Mikami
- Department of Neonatal Medicine, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
- Department of Creation of Community Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Medicine, Research Institute, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neonatal Medicine, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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Phetsuksiri B, Rudeeaneksin J, Srisungngam S, Bunchoo S, Klayut W, Nakajima C, Hamada S, Suzuki Y. Comparison of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, Microscopy, Culture, and PCR for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Jpn J Infect Dis 2020; 73:272-277. [PMID: 32115540 DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2019.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in endemic countries is challenging due to high caseloads and limited resources. A simple and cost-effective diagnostic test for the rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) in clinical specimens is crucially needed. We evaluated the performance of an in-house assay based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) targeting the M. tuberculosis 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene for the diagnosis of TB in Thailand. A total of 252 sputum samples from suspected cases of pulmonary TB were analyzed. The sensitivity of LAMP was 99.04% (103/104; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 94.76-9.98%) and 72.73% (16/22; 95% CI: 49.78-89.27%) for smear-positive and smear-negative samples with TB-culture positivity, respectively. LAMP detected 20.69% (24/116) of TB culture negative samples but all those were positive by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The sensitivity of LAMP was higher than that of sputum microscopy while the performance of LAMP was similar to PCR. None of the samples positive for non-tuberculous mycobacteria by culture and PCR were positive by LAMP. Compared to TB culture, the positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and kappa coefficient of LAMP were 83.22%, 88.33%, and 0.75 respectively. Based on the diagnostic performance, we propose that LAMP would be suitable as a potential diagnostic test for rapid TB diagnosis in resource-limited laboratory settings.
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- Benjawan Phetsuksiri
- National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
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- National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
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- National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
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- National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
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- National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Japan.,Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Section of Bacterial Infections, Research Collaboration Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Thailand.,Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Japan.,Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, Japan
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Sharma G, Tewari R, Dhatwalia SK, Yadav R, Behera D, Sethi S. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Lett Appl Microbiol 2019; 68:219-225. [PMID: 30636048 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Quantitated Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) H37Rv DNA was used to analyse the sensitivity and the specificity was assessed using DNA isolated from the reference strain H37Rv, 12 nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species and five nonmycobacterium species. Furthermore, performance of the assay was evaluated on the sputum samples and compared with smear microscopy, culture and PCR. mpt64 (also called mpb64 or Rv1980c) loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) successfully detected 1 pg DNA within 40 min and successfully rejected NTMs and other bacterial species tested. It specifically detected all the 119 confirmed TB cases and 100 of the 104 control cases. The resulting sensitivity and specificity of LAMP assay was found to be 100% (95% CI: 96·79-100%) and 96·15% (95% CI; 90·44-98·94%) respectively. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a technique for isothermal DNA amplification suitable for cost-limited settings as it prevents the use of sophisticated instruments. Using mpt64 antigenic protein gene, we developed a LAMP assay especially for organisms of the M. tuberculosis complex. mpt64 LAMP assay showed 100% sensitivity and detected all the bacteriologically and clinically positive TB cases not detected by smear, culture or PCR methods.
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- G Sharma
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Singpanomchai N, Akeda Y, Tomono K, Tamaru A, Santanirand P, Ratthawongjirakul P. Naked eye detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by recombinase polymerase amplification-SYBR green I assays. J Clin Lab Anal 2018; 33:e22655. [PMID: 30129085 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.22655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is key to controlling the spread of tuberculosis, which is a global health concern. In this study, isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) was developed to detect specific targets of Mtb, IS6110 and IS1081. Additionally, SYBR Green I was used for endpoint detection of the RPA products by the naked eye. METHOD A total of 146 genomic Mtb DNA samples and 24 genomic nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) DNA samples were amplified at IS6110 and IS1081 by RPA. After a complete amplification, the RPA amplicons were examined by agarose gel electrophoresis (RPA-AGE) and SYBR Green I (RPA-S) assays. The performance of the RPA assays was evaluated by comparing them to a conventional PCR. RESULTS The RPA assay demonstrated to have a good capability to differentiate Mtb from NTM with a very short turnaround time at a constant temperature. Compared to conventional PCR, the sensitivities and specificities of RPA-AGE for IS6110 and IS1081 were 100%. The specificity of RPA-S was 100% for both targets; however, its sensitivities for IS6110 and IS1081 were 97.95% and 99.32%, respectively. The limits of detection of IS6110 RPA-AGE and RPA-S were 0.05 and 0.5 ng, respectively, while the LODs of IS1081 RPA-AGE and RPA-S were 0.00005 and 0.05 ng, respectively. Both RPA assays showed a satisfying diagnostic specificity, with no cross-reaction with other bacteria. CONCLUSION A rapid, sensitive, naked eye RPA assay can be integrated into point-of-care diagnosis for Mtb detection, especially in remote areas where laboratory instrument resources are limited.
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- Nuntita Singpanomchai
- Program of Molecular sciences in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Infection Control and Prevention, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Japan
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- Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Research Group of Innovative Diagnosis of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Fuwa K, Seki M, Hirata Y, Yanagihara I, Nakura Y, Takano C, Kuroda K, Hayakawa S. Rapid and simple detection of Ureaplasma species from vaginal swab samples using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method. Am J Reprod Immunol 2017; 79. [PMID: 29154392 DOI: 10.1111/aji.12771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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PROBLEM Ureaplasma species occasionally cause chorioamnionitis and premature labor. We developed a novel assay employing a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method to detect Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum. METHOD OF STUDY Loop-mediated isothermal amplification primers were designed to amplify Ureaplasma-specific ureaseB genes. Four U. parvum strains, 5 U. urealyticum strains and 14 reference bacterial species were evaluated. Forty-six vaginal swab samples were analyzed by LAMP, culture, and PCR. RESULTS Our LAMP primers were specific to each species and had no cross-reaction. Of 46 clinical specimens, the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the LAMP method were 100% (12/12), 100% (34/34), 100% (12/12), and 100% (34/34), respectively, whereas those of PCR were 66.7% (8/12), 100% (34/34), 100% (8/8), and 89.5% (34/38), respectively, compared to culture-based detection. CONCLUSION The LAMP detection method outperformed the culture and PCR methods. Early detection enables appropriate antibiotic selection for improved prenatal outcomes.
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- Kazumasa Fuwa
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Medicine, Research Institute, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Medicine, Research Institute, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Wu D, Kang J, Li B, Sun D. Evaluation of the RT-LAMP and LAMP methods for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Lab Anal 2017; 32:e22326. [PMID: 28940325 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.22326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The current methods for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are not clinically optimal. Standard culture methods (SCMs) are slow, costly, or unreliable, and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) cannot differentiate live Mtb. METHODS This study compared reverse transcription (RT)-LAMP, LAMP, and an SCM for detecting Mtb. A first experiment tested the sensitivity and specificity of primers for 9 species of Mycobacterium (H37Rv, M. intracellulare, M. marinum, M. kansasii, M. avium, M. flavescens, M. smegmatis, M. fortuitum, and M. chelonae); and 3 non-Mycobacterium species (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae). A second experiment tested sputum specimens for the presence of Mtb, from 100 patients with tuberculosis (clinical) and 22 from patients without tuberculosis (control), using Roche solid culture (SCM), LAMP, and RT-LAMP. In the clinical samples. RESULTS The rates of positivity for Mtb of the SCM, LAMP, and RT-LAMP methods were 88%, 92%, and 100%, respectively. The difference in detection rate was significant between RT-LAMP and SCM, but RT-LAMP and LAMP were comparable. In the control group, the detection rates were nil for all three methods. CONCLUSION The specificities of the methods were similar. The sensitivity of RT-LAMP was ~10-fold higher than that of LAMP for detecting Mtb. Unlike LAMP, RT-LAMP could identify viable bacteria, and was able to detect a single copy of Mtb. Among SCM, LAMP, and RT-LAMP, the latter is the most suitable for wide use in the lower-level hospitals and clinics of China for detecting Mtb in sputum samples.
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- Dandan Wu
- Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, China.,The Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of PLA, Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- The Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of PLA, Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- The Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of PLA, Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- The Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of PLA, Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Diagnostic test accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39090. [PMID: 27958360 PMCID: PMC5153623 DOI: 10.1038/srep39090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Diagnostic test accuracy of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for culture proven tuberculosis is unclear. We searched electronic databases for both cohort and case-control studies that provided data to calculate sensitivity and specificity. The index test was any LAMP assay including both commercialized kits and in-house assays. Culture-proven M. tuberculosis was considered a positive reference test. We included 26 studies on 9330 sputum samples and one study on 315 extra-pulmonary specimens. For sputum samples, 26 studies yielded the summary estimates of sensitivity of 89.6% (95% CI 85.6–92.6%), specificity of 94.0% (95% CI 91.0–96.1%), and a diagnostic odds ratio of 145 (95% CI 93–226). Nine studies focusing on Loopamp MTBC yielded the summary estimates of sensitivity of 80.9% (95% CI 76.0–85.1%) and specificity of 96.5% (95% CI 94.7–97.7%). Loopamp MTBC had higher sensitivity and lower specificity for smear-positive sputa compared to smear-negative sputa. In-house assays showed higher sensitivity and lower specificity compared to Loopamp MTBC. LAMP promises to be a useful test for the diagnosis of TB, however there is still need to improve the assay to make it simpler, cheaper and more efficient to make it competitive against other PCR methods already available.
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Keerthirathne TP, Magana-Arachchi DN, Madegedara D, Sooriyapathirana SS. Real time PCR for the rapid identification and drug susceptibility of Mycobacteria present in Bronchial washings. BMC Infect Dis 2016; 16:607. [PMID: 27782812 PMCID: PMC5080729 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1943-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mycobacteria have a spectrum of virulence and different susceptibilities to antibiotics. Distinguishing mycobacterial species is vital as patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections present clinical features that are similar to those of patients with tuberculosis. Thus, rapid differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from NTM is critical to administer appropriate treatment. Hence the aim of the study was to rapid identification of mycobacterial species present in bronchial washings using multiplex real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and to determine the drug susceptibility in identified mycobacterial species. METHODS Sputum smear negative bronchoscopy specimens (n = 150) were collected for a period of one year, from patients attending the General Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka. The specimens were processed with modified Petroff's method and were cultured on Löwenstein- Jensen medium. DNA, extracted from the mycobacterial isolates were subjected to a SYBR green mediated real time multiplex, PCR assay with primers specific for the M. tuberculosis complex, M. avium complex, M. chelonae-M.abscessus group and M. fortuitum group. DNA sequencing was performed for the species confirmation, by targeting the 16S rRNA gene and the drug susceptibility testing was performed for the molecularly identified isolates of M. tuberculosis and NTM. RESULTS The optimized SYBR Green mediated multiplex real-time PCR assay was able to identify the presence of genus Mycobacterium in 25 out of 26 AFB positive isolates, two M. tuberculosis complex, three M. avium complex and two isolates belonging to M. chelonae-M. abscessus group. DNA sequencing confirmed the presence of M. tuberculosis, M. chelonae-M. abscessus, M. intracellulare, M. avium, Rhodococcus sp. and M. celatum. Remaining isolates were identified as Mycobacterium sp. All the NTM isolates were sensitive to amikacin and seven were resistant to ciproflaxacin. Twenty two of the NTM isolates and the isolate Rhodococcus was resistant to clarithromycin. The two isolates of M. tuberculosis were sensitive to all first line anti tuberculosis drugs. CONCLUSION The optimized SYBR Green mediated multiplex real time PCR assay could be an effective tool for the rapid differentiation of pathogenic M. tuberculosis complex from the opportunistic nontuberculous mycobacteria and also it confirmed the presence of NTM in 15.3 % of the study population.
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