Evaluation of the BACTEC radiometric method in the early diagnosis of tuberculosis

Venkataraman, P and Herbert, D and Paramasivan, C N (1998) Evaluation of the BACTEC radiometric method in the early diagnosis of tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 108 (Oct). pp. 120-127. ISSN 0971-5916

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Abstract

A comparison of the BACTEC radiometric method with the conventional culture and drug susceptibility testing methods on isolates from clinical specimens in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, childhood TB and TB in HIV-infected individuals was undertaken. In the case of pulmonary TB, the rate of isolation of positive cultures was significantly faster with the BACTEC method, with 87 per cent of the positives being obtained by 7 days, and 96 per cent by 14 days. However, while there was no difference in the total number of positive cultures by the two methods in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, in smear negative pulmonary TB, the BACTEC method yielded more number of positive cultures. In extrapulmonary TB, HIV-TB and childhood TB, although the BACTEC method did not yield additional positives, the detection of positives was considerably faster than by the conventional methods, in which the degree of growth was also scanty. The agreement in drug susceptibility tests was 94 per cent for streptomycin and isoniazid, 99 per cent for rifampicin and 91 per cent for ethambutol. Further, most of the drug susceptibility test results became available within 8 days by the BACTEC method. By facilitating early diagnosis, the BACTEC method may prove to be cost effective in a population with a high prevalence of tuberculosis, particularly in the extrapulmonary and paucibacillary forms of the disease.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	BACTEC radiometric method; drug susceptibility test; Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Laboratory Research > Bacteriological
Divisions:	Basic Science Research > Bacteriology
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2013 08:37
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2016 04:37
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/483

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