Direct identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium, and Mycobacterium intracellulare from amplified primary cultures in BACTEC media using DNA probes.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
E M PetersonL M de la Maza

Abstract

DNA probes (Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.) directed at the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex were used to identify acid-fast bacilli directly from specimens grown in BACTEC 12B bottles (Becton Dickinson and Co., Towson, Md.). Clinical specimens were inoculated directly or after decontamination into a BACTEC 12B bottle, Middlebrook 7H11 agar, and Lowenstein-Jensen medium. Conventional media were incubated at 37 degrees C in 5% CO2 and examined weekly for 6 weeks. Identification of isolates grown on conventional media by standard biochemicals, morphology, and growth characteristics served as the reference method for identification. BACTEC bottles were incubated at 37 degrees C, and a growth index was taken twice a week. When a growth index of greater than or equal to 100 was reached, 1 ml of BACTEC 12B medium was put into each of three microfuge tubes which were centrifuged for 15 min at 15,000 x g. Pellets were used in hybridization reactions with an M. tuberculosis complex probe, an M. avium probe, and an M. intracellulare probe. The results of the hybridizations of the three probes with the same sample were compared, and the highest percent hybridization was divided by the aver...Continue Reading

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