Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

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Multicenter Evaluation of Seegene Anyplex TB PCR for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens

  • Lim, Jinsook (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jimyung (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jong Wan (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Ihm, Chunhwa (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Eul-ji University Hospital) ;
  • Sohn, Yong-Hak (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Eul-ji University Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Hyun-Jung (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konyang University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jayoung (Department of Laboratory Medicine, International St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon Catholic Medical Center) ;
  • Koo, Sun Hoe (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital)
  • Received : 2014.04.01
  • Accepted : 2014.04.29
  • Published : 2014.07.28
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Abstract

Culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of tuberculosis, but it takes 6 to 8 weeks to confirm the result. This issue is complemented by the detection method using polymerase chain reaction, which is now widely used in a routine microbiology laboratory. In this study, we evaluated the performance of the Seegene Anyplex TB PCR to assess its diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, and compared its results with the Roche Cobas TaqMan MTB PCR, one of the most widely used assays in the world. Five university hospitals located in the Chungcheong area in South Korea participated in the study. A total of 1,167 respiratory specimens ordered for acid-fast bacilli staining and culture were collected for four months, analyzed via the Seegene Anyplex TB PCR, and its results were compared with the Roche Cobas TaqMan MTB PCR. For detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the Anyplex TB PCR were 87.5% and 98.2% respectively, whereas those of the Cobas TaqMan were 92.0% and 98.0% respectively (p value > 0.05). For smear-positive specimens, the sensitivity of the Anyplex TB PCR was 95.2%, which was exactly the same as that of the Cobas TaqMan. For smear-negative specimens, the sensitivity of the Anyplex TB PCR was 69.2%, whereas that of the Cobas TaqMan TB PCR was 84.6%. For detection of MTB, the Seegene Anyplex TB PCR showed excellent diagnostic performance, and high sensitivity and specificity, which were comparable to the Roche Cobas TaqMan MTB PCR. In conclusion, the Anyplex TB PCR can be a useful diagnostic tool for the early detection of tuberculosis in clinical laboratories.

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