Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest diseases worldwide, caused by members of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), commonly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Mycobacterium bovis. In Malaysia, Sabah is one of the states of public health concern with the highest TB cases. Clinical...

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Main Authors: Norfazirah J, Zainal Arifin M, Zaw L, Myo Thura Zaw, Nor Amalina E, Kamruddin A, Jaeyres Jani, Cheronie Shely S, Chin, Kai Ling
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Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
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author Norfazirah J,
Zainal Arifin M,
Zaw L,
Myo Thura Zaw,
Nor Amalina E,
Kamruddin A,
Jaeyres Jani,
Cheronie Shely S,
Chin, Kai Ling
author_facet Norfazirah J,
Zainal Arifin M,
Zaw L,
Myo Thura Zaw,
Nor Amalina E,
Kamruddin A,
Jaeyres Jani,
Cheronie Shely S,
Chin, Kai Ling
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description Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest diseases worldwide, caused by members of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), commonly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Mycobacterium bovis. In Malaysia, Sabah is one of the states of public health concern with the highest TB cases. Clinical presentations of TB and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease are similar, and mycobacteria appear to be identical under standard diagnosis with sputum smear microscopy, causing difficulty to diagnose TB. Identification of Mycobacterium species is essential for effective management of mycobacterial diseases treatment and their control strategy. Thus, this study aimed to identify the Mycobacterium species from suspected TB patients in Sabah using molecular methods. Sputum samples (n=595) were screened with GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert), and positive TB samples (n=67) were processed and cultured in BACTEC MGIT. Forty-five isolates were successfully recovered in MGIT and characterisation of the mycobacterial isolates using PCR and/or sequencing with rpoB, RD9, hsp65, and 16S rRNA genes confirmed the presence of Mtb in 41 samples, and four non-mycobacteria, i.e. Microbacterium laevaniformans, Streptomyces sp., Streptomyces misionensis and Gordonia sp. These non-mycobacteria isolates showed negative results when tested directly with Xpert. In conclusion, Mtb is the predominant species of MTBC circulating in Sabah. The presence of non-mycobacteria in this study was due to bacterial contamination in MGIT, not bacterial cross-reactivity in Xpert, implying the high sensitivity and specificity of Xpert for diagnosis of TB.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:196712022-09-12T02:03:48Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19671/ Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia Norfazirah J, Zainal Arifin M, Zaw L, Myo Thura Zaw, Nor Amalina E, Kamruddin A, Jaeyres Jani, Cheronie Shely S, Chin, Kai Ling Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest diseases worldwide, caused by members of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), commonly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and Mycobacterium bovis. In Malaysia, Sabah is one of the states of public health concern with the highest TB cases. Clinical presentations of TB and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease are similar, and mycobacteria appear to be identical under standard diagnosis with sputum smear microscopy, causing difficulty to diagnose TB. Identification of Mycobacterium species is essential for effective management of mycobacterial diseases treatment and their control strategy. Thus, this study aimed to identify the Mycobacterium species from suspected TB patients in Sabah using molecular methods. Sputum samples (n=595) were screened with GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert), and positive TB samples (n=67) were processed and cultured in BACTEC MGIT. Forty-five isolates were successfully recovered in MGIT and characterisation of the mycobacterial isolates using PCR and/or sequencing with rpoB, RD9, hsp65, and 16S rRNA genes confirmed the presence of Mtb in 41 samples, and four non-mycobacteria, i.e. Microbacterium laevaniformans, Streptomyces sp., Streptomyces misionensis and Gordonia sp. These non-mycobacteria isolates showed negative results when tested directly with Xpert. In conclusion, Mtb is the predominant species of MTBC circulating in Sabah. The presence of non-mycobacteria in this study was due to bacterial contamination in MGIT, not bacterial cross-reactivity in Xpert, implying the high sensitivity and specificity of Xpert for diagnosis of TB. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19671/1/15_ms0552_pdf_12517.pdf Norfazirah J, and Zainal Arifin M, and Zaw L, and Myo Thura Zaw, and Nor Amalina E, and Kamruddin A, and Jaeyres Jani, and Cheronie Shely S, and Chin, Kai Ling (2022) Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia. Medicine & Health, 17 (1). pp. 198-210. ISSN 2289-5728 https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/17/1
spellingShingle Norfazirah J,
Zainal Arifin M,
Zaw L,
Myo Thura Zaw,
Nor Amalina E,
Kamruddin A,
Jaeyres Jani,
Cheronie Shely S,
Chin, Kai Ling
Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia
title Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia
title_short Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort molecular characterization of mycobacterium species isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in sabah, malaysia
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19671/
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