The role of speciation in positive Lowenstein-Jensen culture isolates from a high tuberculosis burden country |
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Authors: | Worodria William Anderson Jillian Cattamanchi Adithya Davis J Lucian den Boon Saskia Andama Alfred Yoo Samuel D Joloba Moses Huang Laurence Kato-Maeda Midori |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda. |
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Abstract: | ObjectiveTo determine the need for routine speciation of positive Lowenstein-Jensen mycobacterial cultures in HIV-infected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.MethodsSputum and bronchoalveolar lavage Lowenstein-Jensen mycobacterial culture isolates from consecutive, HIV-infected patients admitted to Mulago Hospital with 2 weeks or more of cough were subjected to IS6110 PCR and rpoB genetic analysis to determine the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).ResultsEighty (100%) mycobacterial cultures from 65 patients were confirmed to be members of MTBC. Subsequent analysis of the cultures from 54 patients by PCR and sequence analyses to identify co-infection with NTM confirmed the presence of MTBC as well as the presence of Micrococcus luteus (n?=?4), Janibacter spp. (n?=?1) and six cultures had organisms that could not be identified.ConclusionsPresumptive diagnosis of tuberculosis on the basis of a positive Lowenstein-Jensen culture is sufficient in HIV-infected Ugandans suspected of having tuberculosis. Routine molecular confirmation of positive Lowenstein-Jensen cultures is unnecessary in this low resource setting. |
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