title: Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for the direct detection of human pulmonary infections with environmental (nontuberculosis) mycobacteria.
abstract: Most first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs have less in vitro activity against atypical mycobacteria. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was used for the rapid diagnosis of mycobacterial species. The sensitivity of LAMP was 96.1% (49/51) in smear-positive and culture-positive sputum samples and 85.0% (17/20) in smear-negative and culture-positive samples. Of the 77 total LAMP-positive samples, 75 (97.4%) were identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 2 (2.6%) as M. intracellulare. One of the M. intracellulare-infected cases was identified in a patient with suspected mycobacteriosis and another was found in a follow-up patient.
authors.affiliation: Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Bal Ram
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Adhikari
authors.forename: Basu Dev
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghimire
authors.forename: Bhawana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khadka
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoda
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D017931:DNA Primers; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D009390:Nepal; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers