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INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
卷 70, 期 -, 页码 158-164出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.01.012
关键词
Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Comparative genomic analysis; SDR
资金
- Grant for the Student Research Committee (SRC), Research Council of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran [961661]
Background: Early detection of tuberculosis is one of the crucial steps for TB control. Although, the sensitivity of conventional methods like Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) culture and direct staining is quite low, molecular techniques like polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are more sensitive and be considered as useful tools for rapid detection of tuberculosis. Various genes like IS6110 and mpb64 have been used as target for detection of M. tuberculosis, but more research is needed to find the most specific targets. The short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases family (SDR) is one of a very large family of NAD- or NADP-dependent oxidoreductase enzymes which is present in all M. tuberculosis strains. The large part of SDR sequences in tuberculosis is completely conserved and different from non-tuberculosis mycobacterium. The aim of the study was to develop an in-house PCR assay using the SDR target for rapid detection of M. tuberculosis from clinical specimens. Method: M. tuberculosis-specific sequences were found using modified genome comparison method and the primers were designed by the Primer Premier 5.0 software. A PCR assay was developed targeting the nucleotide sequences within the SDR gene. A total of 50 cultivated specimens and 120 clinical specimens were evaluated by PCR. Results: The clinical evaluation of SDR PCR assay showed high specificity (100%) and high sensitivity (88.5%). The analytical sensitivity was 10 fg of template DNA which is theoretically equivalent to 2 copy of genomic DNA per microliter. The SDR is a new specific target of M. tuberculosis and no cross-reactivity was observed to non-tuberculosis mycobacterium and other pathogenic bacteria. Conclusions: Based on our results, the SDR gene can be considered as a useful target for detection of M. tuberculosis complex from clinical specimens.
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