scholarly journals Performance of the New Version (v2.0) of the GenoType MTBDRslTest for Detection of Resistance to Second-Line Drugs in Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1573-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Brossier ◽  
David Guindo ◽  
Anne Pham ◽  
Florence Reibel ◽  
Wladimir Sougakoff ◽  
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Detecting resistance to fluoroquinolones (FQ) and second-line injectable drugs (amikacin [AMK], kanamycin [KAN], and capreomycin [CAP]) is crucial given the worldwide increase in the incidence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). A new version of the GenoType MTBDRsltest (v2.0) has been developed to improve the detection of resistance to FQ (involvinggyrAandgyrBmutations) and to second-line injectable drugs (involvingrrsandeispromoter mutations) inMycobacterium tuberculosis. A collection of 127 multidrug-resistant (MDR)M. tuberculosiscomplex strains was tested using the first (v1) and second (v2.0) versions of the MTBDRsltest, as well as DNA sequencing. The specificities in resistance detection of v1 and v2.0 were similar throughout, whereas the levels of sensitivity of v2.0 were superior for FQ (94.8% versus 89.6%) and KAN (90.5% versus 59.5%) but similar for AMK (91.3%) and CAP (83.0%). The sensitivity and specificity of v2.0 were superior to those of v1 for the detection of pre-XDR strains (83.3% versus 75.0% and 88.6% versus 67.1%, respectively), whereas the sensitivity of v2.0 was superior to that of v1 only for the detection of XDR strains (83.0% versus 49.1%). In conclusion, MTBDRslv2.0 is superior to MTBDRslv1 and efficiently detects the most common mutations involved in resistance to FQ and aminoglycosides/CAP. However, due to mutations not recognized by v2.0 or to the presence of resistance mechanisms not yet characterized (particularly mechanisms related to monoresistance to aminoglycosides or CAP), the results for wild-type strains obtained with MTBDRslv2.0 should be confirmed by further DNA sequencing and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing.

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 444-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Analise Z. Reeves ◽  
Patricia J. Campbell ◽  
Melisa J. Willby ◽  
James E. Posey

ABSTRACTAs the prevalence of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis strains continues to rise, so does the need to develop accurate and rapid molecular tests to complement time-consuming growth-based drug susceptibility testing. Performance of molecular methods relies on the association of specific mutations with phenotypic drug resistance and while considerable progress has been made for resistance detection of first-line antituberculosis drugs, rapid detection of resistance for second-line drugs lags behind. TherrsA1401G allele is considered a strong predictor of cross-resistance between the three second-line injectable drugs, capreomycin (CAP), kanamycin, and amikacin. However, discordance is often observed between therrsA1401G mutation and CAP resistance, with up to 40% ofrrsA1401G mutants being classified as CAP susceptible. We measured the MICs to CAP in 53 clinical isolates harboring therrsA1401G mutation and found that the CAP MICs ranged from 8 μg/ml to 40 μg/ml. These results were drastically different from engineered A1401G mutants generated in isogenicMycobacterium tuberculosis, which exclusively exhibited high-level CAP MICs of 40 μg/ml. These data support the results of prior studies, which suggest that the critical concentration of CAP (10 μg/ml) used to determine resistance by indirect agar proportion may be too high to detect all CAP-resistant strains and suggest that a larger percentage of resistant isolates could be identified by lowering the critical concentration. These data also suggest that differences in resistance levels among clinical isolates are possibly due to second site or compensatory mutations located elsewhere in the genome.


2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 2032-2041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia J. Campbell ◽  
Glenn P. Morlock ◽  
R. David Sikes ◽  
Tracy L. Dalton ◽  
Beverly Metchock ◽  
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ABSTRACTThe emergence of multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis is a significant impediment to the control of this disease because treatment becomes more complex and costly. Reliable and timely drug susceptibility testing is critical to ensure that patients receive effective treatment and become noninfectious. Molecular methods can provide accurate and rapid drug susceptibility results. We used DNA sequencing to detect resistance to the first-line antituberculosis drugs isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), pyrazinamide (PZA), and ethambutol (EMB) and the second-line drugs amikacin (AMK), capreomycin (CAP), kanamycin (KAN), ciprofloxacin (CIP), and ofloxacin (OFX). Nine loci were sequenced:rpoB(for resistance to RIF),katGandinhA(INH),pncA(PZA),embB(EMB),gyrA(CIP and OFX), andrrs,eis, andtlyA(KAN, AMK, and CAP). A total of 314 clinicalMycobacterium tuberculosiscomplex isolates representing a variety of antibiotic resistance patterns, genotypes, and geographical origins were analyzed. The molecular data were compared to the phenotypic data and the accuracy values were calculated. Sensitivity and specificity values for the first-line drug loci were 97.1% and 93.6% forrpoB, 85.4% and 100% forkatG, 16.5% and 100% forinhA, 90.6% and 100% forkatGandinhAtogether, 84.6% and 85.8% forpncA, and 78.6% and 93.1% forembB. The values for the second-line drugs were also calculated. The size and scope of this study, in numbers of loci and isolates examined, and the phenotypic diversity of those isolates support the use of DNA sequencing to detect drug resistance in theM. tuberculosiscomplex. Further, the results can be used to design diagnostic tests utilizing other mutation detection technologies.


2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (9) ◽  
pp. 2961-2969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Tagliani ◽  
Andrea M. Cabibbe ◽  
Paolo Miotto ◽  
Emanuele Borroni ◽  
Juan Carlos Toro ◽  
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Resistance to fluoroquinolones (FLQ) and second-line injectable drugs (SLID) is steadily increasing, especially in eastern European countries, posing a serious threat to effective tuberculosis (TB) infection control and adequate patient management. The availability of rapid molecular tests for the detection of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is critical in areas with high rates of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and XDR-TB and limited conventional drug susceptibility testing (DST) capacity. We conducted a multicenter study to evaluate the performance of the new version (v2.0) of the Genotype MTBDRslassay compared to phenotypic DST and sequencing on a panel of 228Mycobacterium tuberculosisisolates and 231 smear-positive clinical specimens. The inclusion of probes for the detection of mutations in the eispromoter region in the MTBDRslv2.0 test resulted in a higher sensitivity for detection of kanamycin resistance for both direct and indirect testing (96% and 95.4%, respectively) than that seen with the original version of the assay, whereas the test sensitivities for detection of FLQ resistance remained unchanged (93% and 83.6% for direct and indirect testing, respectively). Moreover, MTBDRslv2.0 showed better performance characteristics than v1.0 for the detection of XDR-TB, with high specificity and sensitivities of 81.8% and 80.4% for direct and indirect testing, respectively. MTBDRslv2.0 thus represents a reliable test for the rapid detection of resistance to second-line drugs and a useful screening tool to guide the initiation of appropriate MDR-TB treatment.


2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Brossier ◽  
Anne Pham ◽  
Christine Bernard ◽  
Alexandra Aubry ◽  
Vincent Jarlier ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The second-line injectable drugs (SLID, i.e., amikacin, kanamycin, capreomycin) are key drugs for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Mutations in rrs region 1400, tlyA, and eis promoter are associated with resistance to SLID, to capreomycin, and to kanamycin, respectively. In this study, the sequencing data of SLID resistance-associated genes were compared to the results of phenotypic drug susceptibility testing by the proportion method for the SLID in 206 multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis collected in France. Among the 153 isolates susceptible to the 3 SLID, 145 showed no mutation, 1 harbored T1404C and G1473A mutations in rrs, and 7 had an eis promoter mutation. Among the 53 strains resistant to at least 1 of the SLID, mutations in rrs accounted for resistance to amikacin, capreomycin, and kanamycin for 81%, 75%, and 44% of the isolates, respectively, while mutations in eis promoter were detected in 44% of the isolates resistant to kanamycin. In contrast, no mutations in tlyA were observed in the isolates resistant to capreomycin. The discrepancies observed between the genotypic (on the primary culture) and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing were explained by (i) resistance to SLID with MICs close to the critical concentration used for routine DST and not detected by phenotypic testing (n = 8, 15% of SLID-resistant strains), (ii) low-frequency heteroresistance not detected by sequencing of drug resistance-associated genes on the primary culture (n = 8, 15% of SLID-resistant strains), and (iii) other resistance mechanisms not yet characterized (n = 7, 13% of SLID-resistant strains).


2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 2420-2427 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Streicher ◽  
I. Bergval ◽  
K. Dheda ◽  
E. C. Böttger ◽  
N. C. Gey van Pittius ◽  
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ABSTRACTThe global emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has highlighted the need for the development of rapid tests to identify resistance to second-line antituberculosis drugs. Resistance to fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides develops through nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in thegyrAandgyrBgenes and therrsgene, respectively. Using DNA sequencing as the gold standard for the detection of mutations conferring resistance, in conjunction with spoligotyping, we demonstrated heteroresistance in 25% and 16.3% ofMycobacterium tuberculosisisolates resistant to ofloxacin and amikacin, respectively. Characterization of follow-up isolates from the same patients showed that the population structure of clones may change during treatment, suggesting different phases in the emergence of resistance. The presence of underlying mutant clones was identified in isolates which failed to show a correlation between phenotypic resistance and mutation in thegyrAorrrsgene. These clones harbored previously described mutations in either thegyrAorrrsgene, suggesting that rare mutations conferring resistance to ofloxacin or amikacin may not be as important as was previously thought. We concluded that the absence of a correlation between genotypic and phenotypic resistance implies an early phase in the emergence of resistance within the patient. Thus, the diagnostic utility of genetics-based drug susceptibility tests will depend on the proportion of patients whose bacilli are in the process of acquiring resistance in the study setting. These data have implications for the interpretation of molecular and microbiological diagnostic tests for patients with drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis who fail to respond to treatment and for those with discordant results.


2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 7104-7108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott K. Heysell ◽  
Suporn Pholwat ◽  
Stellah G. Mpagama ◽  
Saumu J. Pazia ◽  
Happy Kumburu ◽  
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ABSTRACTMIC testing forMycobacterium tuberculosisis now commercially available. Drug susceptibility testing by the MycoTB MIC plate has not been directly compared to that by the Bactec MGIT 960. We describe a case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in Tanzania where initial MIC testing may have prevented acquired resistance. From testing on archived isolates, the accuracy with the MycoTB plate was >90% for important first- and second-line drugs compared to that with the MGIT 960, and clinically useful quantitative interpretation was also provided.


2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongseok Lee ◽  
Derek T. Armstrong ◽  
Willy Ssengooba ◽  
Jeong-ae Park ◽  
Yeuni Yu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTForMycobacterium tuberculosis, phenotypic methods for drug susceptibility testing of second-line drugs are poorly standardized and technically challenging. The Sensititre MYCOTB MIC plate (MYCOTB) is a microtiter plate containing lyophilized antibiotics and configured for determination of MICs to first- and second-line antituberculosis drugs. To evaluate the performance of MYCOTB forM. tuberculosisdrug susceptibility testing using the Middlebrook 7H10 agar proportion method (APM) as the comparator, we conducted a two-site study using archivedM. tuberculosisisolates from Uganda and the Republic of Korea. Thawed isolates were subcultured, and dilutions were inoculated into MYCOTB wells and onto 7H10 agar. MYCOTB results were read at days 7, 10, 14, and 21; APM results were read at 21 days. A total of 222 isolates provided results on both platforms. By APM, 106/222 (47.7%) of isolates were resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin. Agreement between MYCOTB and APM with respect to susceptibility or resistance was ≥92% for 7 of 12 drugs when a strict definition was used and ≥96% for 10 of 12 drugs when agreement was defined by allowing a ± one-well range of dilutions around the APM critical concentration. For ethambutol, agreement was 80% to 81%. For moxifloxacin, agreement was 83% to 85%; incorporating existing DNA sequencing information for discrepant analysis raised agreement to 91% to 96%. For MYCOTB, the median time to plate interpretation was 10 days and interreader agreement was ≥95% for all drugs. MYCOTB provided reliable results forM. tuberculosissusceptibility testing of first- and second-line drugs except ethambutol, and results were available sooner than those determined by APM.


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