Journal
BIOTECHNIQUES
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
FUTURE SCI LTD
DOI: 10.2144/btn-2022-0027
Keywords
diagnosis; gel-based LAMP; GUTB; HNB dye; IS6110; M-PCR; mpt64; MT-LAMP; Mtb; SYBR Green I dye
Funding
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi [21(1068)/18/EMR-II]
- CSIR, New Delhi
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A multitargeted loop-mediated isothermal amplification (MT-LAMP) assay targeting mpt64 (Rv1980c) and IS6110 was designed for diagnosing genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB). The gel-based and SYBR Green I MT-LAMP assays exhibited better sensitivity compared to the HNB LAMP assay. The SYBR Green MT-LAMP assay showed a sensitivity of 85.5% and specificity of 94.4% for GUTB diagnostics.
A multitargeted loop-mediated isothermal amplification (MT-LAMP) assay targeting mpt64 (Rv1980c) and IS6110 was designed to diagnose genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) cases. While assessing gel-based, hydroxynaphthol blue (HNB) and SYBR Green I MT-LAMP assays on GUTB specimens (n = 28) in a pilot study, both gel-based/SYBR Green I assays exhibited better sensitivity than HNB LAMP. Since SYBR Green MT-LAMP is easier to perform compared with a gel-based assay, a higher number of GUTB specimens (n = 55) were evaluated by SYBR Green MT-LAMP, wherein 85.5% sensitivity and 94.4% specificity (n = 36) were obtained. Moreover, the sensitivity attained by MT-LAMP was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than with multiplex-PCR (mpt64 + IS6110). After further validating these MT-LAMP data in different epidemiological settings, this assay may be developed as a diagnostic kit. METHOD SUMMARY Multitargeted loop-mediated isothermal amplification (MT-LAMP) using gel-based and hydroxynaphthol blue (HNB)/SYBR Green I dye reactions were evaluated for the diagnosis of genitourinary tuberculosis, wherein both gel-based and SYBR Green I MT-LAMP exhibited a bit better diagnostic yield than HNB dye. The utility of SYBR Green MT-LAMP was further validated in a larger number of samples. [GRAPHICS] .
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