Nested polymerase chain reaction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 sequence on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues with granulomatous diseases for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology
L VagoG Costanzi

Abstract

We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of a nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 sequence on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples from patients with tubercular and other granulomatous lesions. Five groups of patients and samples were studied: (1) 28 samples from HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis, (2) 8 samples from HIV-negative patients with histologically suspected tuberculosis (confirmed by culture in 5 cases), (3) lymph nodes from 5 HIV-positive patients with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection, (4) lymph nodes from 30 patients with sarcoidosis, and (5) specimens from 17 patients with other granulomatous diseases. The DNA was extracted from sections with a total thickness of 60 microm, and PCR amplified an internal fragment of 123 base pairs. All of the cases with M. tuberculosis infection were PCR-positive, although this sensitivity was partially related to the initial concentration of the DNA used for amplification. Two of the group 4 samples also were repeatedly positive, thus reducing the specificity of the method. All of the cases with granulomatous diseases other than sarcoidosis were negative. We propose a simplified and highly sensitive nested...Continue Reading

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