Evaluation of the new, easy to perform, IS6110 based molecular assay Speed-oligo® Direct MTB (Vircell, Spain) for the detection of M. tuberculosis and direct comparison to probeTec (BD, USA)
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Background: “Speed-oligo® direct mycobacterium tuberculosis” (SPO DMTB) from Vircell is a novel assay, based on multiplex PCR dipstick hybridisation detecting Mycobacterium spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in respiratory specimens. The amplification targets are: IS6110 (MTBC-specific), 16S rRNA (Mycobacterium genus-specific), and human gene RNAsaP (amplification control). Several authors consider IS6110-PCR as the most sensitive assay for direct detection of tuberculous bacteria in clinical specimens. We compare the IS6110 based SPO DMTB assay with ProbeTecTM MTBC (Becton Dickinson), another assay using the same target.