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- Title
Assessment of Diagnostic Techniques of Urinary Tuberculosis.
- Authors
Ghaleb, Khaled; Afifi, Magdy; El-Gohary, Mohamad
- Abstract
Early diagnosis of active tuberculosis remains an elusive challenge. In addition, one third of the world's population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and up to 10% of infected individuals develop tuberculosis (TB) in their lifetime. In this investigation, the incidence of urinary tuberculosis among renal patients was studied. Three hundred urine samples were processed for detection of Mtb by Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) smear examination, Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) medium, radiometric BACTEC460 system as well as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by DNA Enzyme Immunoassay (DEIA) test. Out of 300 urine samples, 2 were positive by both ZN smears and LJ medium with incidence rate of 0.66 %, 3 positive samples by BACTEC460 culture system with incidence of 1%. PCR assay gave more positive results than smear and culture examination (i.e. 8 positive samples with incidence rate of 2.6%). The specificities were 25% for both ZN smears and LJ medium, 37.5% for BACTEC460 culture system, and 100% for PCR test, while sensitivities of all assays were 100%. Thus PCR is a rapid and sensitive method for the early diagnosis of urinary tuberculosis.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS research; DISEASE prevalence; EPIDEMIOLOGY; URINALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; DIAGNOSTIC equipment
- Publication
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology & Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2035-3006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4084/MJHID.2013.034