Rapid Drug Susceptibility Testing with a Molecular Beacon Assay Is Associated with Earlier Diagnosis and Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in California

Author:

Banerjee Ritu1,Allen Jennifer2,Lin S.-Y. Grace3,Westenhouse Janice2,Desmond Ed3,Schecter Gisela F.2,Scott Cheryl2,Raftery Ann4,Mase Sundari5,Watt James P.2,Flood Jennifer2

Affiliation:

1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

2. Tuberculosis Control Branch, Division of Communicable Disease, Center for Infectious Disease, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California

3. Microbial Diseases Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease, Center for Infectious Disease, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California

4. Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, San Francisco, California

5. Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

ABSTRACT To assess the clinical impact of a molecular beacon (MB) assay that detects multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), we retrospectively reviewed records of 127 MDR TB patients with and without MB testing between 2004 and 2007. Use of the MB assay reduced the time to detection and treatment of MDR TB.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

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