Direct identification and discernment of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare using a real-time RNA isothermal amplification and detection method

Tuberculosis
Zhen-ling CuiZhong-yi Hu

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to establish a real-time simultaneous amplification and testing method for identification and discernment of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare (SAT-MAC assay) and to evaluate the efficiency with which this method can detect isolated strains and clinical sputum specimens. The specific 16S rRNA sequences of M. avium and M. intracellulare were used as targets to design RNA probes and a reverse transcription primer containing T7 promoter. RNA isothermal amplification and real-time fluorescence detection were performed at 42 °C. SAT-MAC assay, culture tests on Lowenstein-Jensen (L-J) culture medium and PCR-sequencing were used to test the clinical isolated strains and sputum specimens. The limit of detection (LOD) of M. avium and M. intracellulare by SAT-MAC was found to be 30 CFU/mL and 20 CFU/mL. SAT-MAC showed high specificity in 21 species of mycobacteria standard strains and 5 species of non-mycobacteria bacteria. Using PCR-sequencing as the reference method, both rates of SAT-MAC assay for identifying M. avium and M. intracellulare from clinical isolates were 100% (259/259). Consistent with the results of L-J culture combined PCR-sequencing, the coincidence rate of SAT-MAC assay ...Continue Reading

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