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Identification of Mycobacterium Species by DNA Microarray Chip Method
Published on: June 24, 2025
Direct identification of mycobacteria from smear-positive samples using real-time polymerase chain reaction
I Mareković1, Z Bošnjak2, V Plečko1
1<label>*</label>School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has a low identification rate for samples with low acid-fast bacilli (AFB) grades, including those obtained using bronchoscopy. When 50 smear-positive samples were compared by AFB score and PCR result, PCR was 100% successful in identifying AFB 2+ and AFB 3+ samples. However, only 14 of 26 (52%) AFB 1+ samples were identified. In paucibacillary smear-positive samples, PCR is not reliable enough to exclude tuberculosis, but in smear-positive patients with high AFB grades PCR can immediately change the clinical management of the disease.
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