title: [Evaluation of detection of M. tuberculosis in clinical specimens of tuberculosis by DNA amplification].
abstract: The sensitivity of detection of M. tuberculosis genomic DNA were 1pg or 10-100 bacterial cell by PCR. Only M. tuberculosis, M. bovis and BCG were positive with 165 b.p band, but all other 14 mycobacterium and 10 bacteria of non-mycobacterial tested, were negative. Of 75 sputum specimens of pulmonary tuberculosis, the positive rate of PCR were 53.3%, culture method showed only 21.3%, fast-acid staining were 25.3%. 17 non-tuberculosis lung disease were negative in three methods. Of 58 tuberculosis meningitis, the positive rate of PCR, the fast-acid staining and culture in cerebrospinal fluid were 51.7%, 8.6%, 1.7% respectively. 30 non-tuberculosis meningitis were negative in three methods. The results showed that DNA amplification is a superior method with high degree of sensitivity and specificity for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis meningitis.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial