Publication: Rapid and simple MTT method for rifampicin and isoniazid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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2002-12-01
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10273719
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Mahidol University
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International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Vol.6, No.12 (2002), 1118-1122
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S. Foongladda, D. Roengsanthia, W. Arjrattanakool, C. Chuchottaworn, A. Chaiprasert, S. G. Franzblau Rapid and simple MTT method for rifampicin and isoniazid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Vol.6, No.12 (2002), 1118-1122. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20297
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Rapid and simple MTT method for rifampicin and isoniazid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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The MTT method for rifampicin and isoniazid susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was developed by using bacterial suspension prepared from colonies on solid media. The MTT tube assay in 1 ml Middlebrook 7H9 broth was completed within 4 days for rifampicin (RMP) and within 7 days for isoniazid (INH). When MTT assay results with 279 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates were compared with those of the conventional proportion method on Löwenstein-Jensen medium, high specificity and sensitivity values of 100% and 94.1%, respectively, for RMP susceptibility testing, and 99.5% and 89.2%, respectively, for INH susceptibility testing were obtained. The accuracy of the MTT method for RMP and INH was >0.97 concordance with the proportion method. The MTT method is simple, inexpensive and rapid. The high level of agreement with the conventional proportion method suggests a potential to rapidly detect drug-resistant M. tuberculosis in developing countries, as only basic microbiological equipment is need.