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INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages 1049-1054Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S358112
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Mycobacterium avium complex; MAC; Ziehl-Neelsen staining; rapid diagnosis
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This study reports the successful detection of MAC genes in paraffin-embedded tissue sections using tdPCR-NALFIA. While Ziehl-Neelsen staining and culture tests are commonly used for diagnosing mycobacterial infection, tdPCR-NALFIA may serve as a rapid auxiliary diagnostic tool.
Background: Detection of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) in tissue is essential for the diagnosis of MAC infections when the Mycobacterium is not isolated from sputum. However, detection of MAC in paraffin-embedded sections has not been established. Methods: We encountered two patients with suspected MAC infections after surgery: patient 1 had a pulmonary nodule that was initially suspected to be lung cancer and was excised under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Patient 2, who was under treatment with steroids and anti-IL-6 inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis, was suspected to have disseminated ileocecal cancer with metastasis to the lung and skin. In both cases, we postoperatively detected MAC genes in paraffin-embedded tissue sections using the novel mycobacterial nucleic acid identification test, ie tissue-direct polymerase chain reaction (tdPCR)-based nucleic acid lateral flow immunoassay (NALFIA). Both patients showed granulomatous lesions with hematoxylin-eosin staining, and mycobacteria by Ziehl- Neelsen staining in tissue sections from the lung and skin, respectively, although MAC were not isolated from the sections. MAC genes were finally detected by tdPCR-NALFIA in both cases. Conclusion: Although Ziehl-Neelsen staining and culture tests are the gold standard in identifying causative mycobacteria, the rapid results of tdPCR-NALFIA performed simultaneously with sputum and/or tissue culture may make it an important auxiliary diagnostic tool for identifying mycobacterial infection, leading to improvement in the management of MAC patients.
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