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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
| Kits: | EliGene® MTB RT Kit (ref: 90030-RT) EliGene® MTB LC Kit (ref: 90030-LC) |
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| Package size: |
50 reactions |
| Possibility of quantification: |
On demand |
| Analytical specificity: | Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, negative result for Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium xenopi, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium marinum |
| Analytical sensitivity: | 1 – 10 copies of bacterial DNA in the amplified sample |
| Specimens: | urine, sputum, BAL, exudates |
| Compatible instruments: |
EliGene® MTB LC Kit intended for LightCycler® 2.0, LightCycler 480, RotorGene 6000 EliGene® MTB RT Kit intended for ABI7000, ABI7300, ABI7500 instruments, fully compatible with RotorGene instruments. |
| CE certification: | yes |
| Detected DNA region: | genome (insertion sequence IS6110) |
| Detection technology: | Molecular Beacons (LC version), TaqMan probes (RT version) |
| Clinical study description and results: | |
| Totally 559 clinical samples were tested by EliGene® MTB RT Kit, 518 of them were blind samples with unknown status and 41 MTB positive samples verified by cultivation from Brno region. EliGene® MTB RT Kit detected correctly all 52 positive samples. Totally 481 samples were correctly diagnosed by EliGene® MTB RT Kit as MTB negative. Sensitivity: 100% Specificity: 100% |
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| Pathogen description: | |
| Genus Mycobacterium comprises more than 50 species when among them obligatory pathogenic etiological agents of tuberculosis and leprosy and on the other hand also facultative pathogenic and non-pathogenic species representing important part of natural biotopes can be found. M. tuberculosis comprises to the one complex with genetically close related M. bovis and it is etiological agents of human tuberculosis. M. bovis is etiological agent of cattle tuberculosis and some others pets and wild beast and it is rarely detected in humans. |
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| References: |
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| Kriz P, Kralik P, Slany M, Slana I, Svobodova J, Parmova I, Barnet V, Jurek V, Pavlik I. 2011. Mycobacterium pinnipedii in a captive Southern sea lion (Otaria flavescens): a case report. Veterinarni Medicina, 56:307-313. Mendes A.C., Fernandes S.J., Ferreira L.C., Pereira M., Ramos H., Cabeda J.M. 2009. Evaluation of MTB Q Alert kit for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly on patient samples Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Suppl. 19, P1321. |
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Figure D. Sensitivity test of EliGene® MTB LC kit on LightCycler® 2.0 instrument shows the detection of 2 DNA copies in reaction mix.
