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dc.contributor.authorMutingwende, Isaac
dc.contributor.authorVermeulen, Urban
dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Faans
dc.contributor.authorGrobler, Anne
dc.contributor.authorViljoen, Hendrik
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-19T08:50:08Z
dc.date.available2016-09-19T08:50:08Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationMutingwende, I. et al. 2015. Development and evaluation of a rapid multiplex-PCR based system for Mycobacterium tuberculosis diagnosis using sputum samples. Journal of microbiological methods, 116:37-43. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.06.007]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-7012
dc.identifier.issn1872-8359 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/18823
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167701215001852
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.06.007
dc.description.abstractGlobal tuberculosis (TB) control and eradication is hampered by the unavailability of simple, rapid and affordable diagnostic tests deployable at low infrastructure microscopy centers. We have developed and evaluated the performance of a nucleic acid amplification test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the NWU-TB test, in clinical sputum specimens from 306 patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. The test involves sputum sample processing using a Lyser device within 7 min, followed by rapid multiplex-PCR on a fast thermal cycler within 25 min, and amplicon resolution on agarose gel electrophoresis. Samples were also examined for presence of MTB using smear microscopy, GeneXpert and MGIT culture. Results were assessed in comparison to a MGIT culture as gold standard. Of the 306 patients, 174 had a previous TB history or already on treatment, and 132 were TB naïve cases. The NWU-TB system was found to have an overall sensitivity and specificity of 80.8% (95% CI: 75–85.7) and 75.6% (95% CI: 64.9–84.4) respectively, in comparison to 85.3% (95% CI: 79.9–89.6) and 73.2% (95% CI: 62.2–82.4) respectively for GeneXpert; and 62.1% (95% CI: 55.3–68.4) and 56.1% (95% CI: 44.7–67) respectively for smear microscopy. The study has shown that the NWU-TB system allows detection of TB in less than two hours and can be utilized at low infrastructure sites to provide quick and accurate diagnosis at a very low costen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectRapid diagnosisen_US
dc.subjectPCRen_US
dc.subjectNWU-TB systemen_US
dc.subjectSputumen_US
dc.titleDevelopment and evaluation of a rapid multiplex-PCR based system for Mycobacterium tuberculosis diagnosis using sputum samplesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID10176527 - Steyn, Hendrik Stefanus
dc.contributor.researchID11008857 - Grobler, Anne Frederica
dc.contributor.researchID20410808 - Vermeulen, Urban
dc.contributor.researchID24662399 - Mutingwende, Isaac


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