Performance of the SD Bioline TB Ag MPT64 Rapid test for quick confirmation of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from animals.
- Author:
Hyeon Seop BYEON
1
;
Mi Jung JI
;
Shin Seok KANG
;
Sang Woo KIM
;
Seung Cheol KIM
;
Song Yong PARK
;
Geehyuk KIM
;
Jiro KIM
;
Jang Eun CHO
;
Bok Kyung KU
;
Jae Myung KIM
;
Bo Young JEON
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: animals; Mycobacterium bovis; SD MPT64 Rapid test
- MeSH: Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases/*diagnosis/microbiology; *Deer; Immunochromatography/methods/*veterinary; Mycobacterium bovis/classification/*isolation & purification; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tuberculosis/diagnosis/microbiology/*veterinary
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science 2015;16(1):31-35
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Mycobacterium (M.) bovis, a bacterium in the M. tuberculosis complex, is a causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a contagious disease of animals. Mycobacterial culture is the gold standard for diagnosing bovine tuberculosis, but this technique is laborious and time-consuming. In the present study, performance of the SD Bioline TB Ag MPT4 Rapid test, an immunochromatographic assay, was evaluated using reference bacterial strains and M. bovis field isolates collected from animals. The SD MPT64 Rapid test produced positive results for 95.5% (63/66) of the M. bovis isolates from cattle and 97.9% (46/47) of the isolates from deer. Additionally, the test had a sensitivity of 96.5% (95% CI, 91.2-99.0), specificity of 100% (95% CI, 96.7-100.0), positive predictive value of 100% (95% CI, 96.7-100.0), and negative predictive value of 92.9% (95% CI, 82.7-98.0) for M. bovis isolates. In conclusion, the SD MPT64 Rapid test is simple to use and may be useful for quickly confirming the presence of M. bovis in animals.
