Primary Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis and Utility of Line Probe Assay for Its Detection in Smear-Positive Sputum Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India
Joint Authors
Lalitha, Saradadevi Karunakaran
Yacoob, Fahmiya Leena
Philomina Jose, Beena
Sreenivasan, Sreelatha
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-03-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In a high tuberculosis burdened country like India, rapid, cost-effective, and reliable diagnostic tools for tuberculosis are an urgent need of the hour to prevent inappropriate treatment strategies and further spread of resistance.
This study aimed to estimate the proportion of new smear-positive tuberculosis cases with primary resistance to rifampicin and/or isoniazid as well as identify the common mutations associated with it.
Sputum of 200 newly diagnosed smear-positive cases of 1+ score and above was directly subjected to Line Probe Assay using the GenoType MTBDRplus assay kit.
All samples were inoculated onto solid media and 61 samples were inoculated in automated liquid culture also.
The Line Probe Assay gave hundred percent interpretable results with 2.5% of the study population showing resistant pattern.
Only 1% of the cases were primary multidrug resistant tuberculosis and 1.5% showed isoniazid monoresistance.
S531L and C15T were the most common genetic mutations seen for rifampicin and isoniazid resistance, respectively.
40% had absent rpoB wild type 8 band indicating probable silent mutation after clinical correlation.
The average turnaround time for Line Probe Assay was far less (3.8 days) as compared to solid and liquid cultures (35.6 days and 13.5 days, resp.).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yacoob, Fahmiya Leena& Philomina Jose, Beena& Lalitha, Saradadevi Karunakaran& Sreenivasan, Sreelatha. 2016. Primary Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis and Utility of Line Probe Assay for Its Detection in Smear-Positive Sputum Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Journal of Pathogens،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1110214
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yacoob, Fahmiya Leena…[et al.]. Primary Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis and Utility of Line Probe Assay for Its Detection in Smear-Positive Sputum Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Journal of Pathogens No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1110214
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yacoob, Fahmiya Leena& Philomina Jose, Beena& Lalitha, Saradadevi Karunakaran& Sreenivasan, Sreelatha. Primary Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis and Utility of Line Probe Assay for Its Detection in Smear-Positive Sputum Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. Journal of Pathogens. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1110214
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1110214