Preliminary evaluation of a new kit for differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species using (Speed-Oligo MTBC).

In this study, 189 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) isolates from 2011 to 2014 were evaluated to determine the MTBC species. Most (174, 92%) of the strains were identified as M tuberculosis sensu stricto, 7 (3.7%) as M. bovis, 5 (2.6%) as M. bovis BCG, 2 (1.1%) as M. africanum, and 1 (0.5%) as M. caprae; no strains belonged to M. microtii and M. canneti sub-species. The concordance kappa coefficient obtained was 0.96 with the results of the Genotype MTBC assay. The SO-MTBC may represent a fast and easy-to-use alternative for differentiating among MTBC sub-species in laboratories with standard equipment. PMID: 27389862 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research