Author:
He Gang,Chen Chun-yu,Zhang Xin,Ding Pei-pei,Hu Chang-zheng,Huang Xiu-fang,Zhang Xian,Gong Xu,Zhen Pei-lin,Zhang Liang
Abstract
Abstract
Background
At present, skeletal tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is mostly by histopathology, but the positivity rate is low. There is a need to develop new methods for the molecular identification of this disorder. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the clinical utility of quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based diagnosis of skeletal TB from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues and its comparative evaluation with acid-fast bacillus staining (AFS).
Methods
We detected Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis/MTB) DNA using qPCR and AFS in FFPE tissue samples from 129 patients suspected of having skeletal TB. The sensitivity, specificity as well as area under the curve (AUC) of qPCR and AFS were calculated. Meanwhile, some factors potentially affecting qPCR and AFS results were investigated.
Results
Overall, qPCR outperformed AFS in detecting M. tuberculosis. The AUC of qPCR was higher than that of AFS (0.744 vs.0.561, p < 0.001). Furthermore, decalcification of bone tissues did not affect the sensitivity and specificity of qPCR tests. Whereas it impacted the performance of AFS, decalcification increased AFS's specificity and decreased its sensitivity (p < 0.05). Moreover, qPCR had a significantly larger AUC than AFS in decalcified and non-decalcified groups (0.735/0.756 vs. 0.582/0.534, p < 0.001) respectively. Similarly, the AUC of PCR was more extensive than that of AFS regardless of skeletal TB patients with concomitant pulmonary TB or not (0.929 vs. 0.762; 0.688 vs. 0.524, p < 0.01).
Conclusions
Our data demonstrate that qPCR offers superior accuracy for the detection of mycobacteria in FFPE tissues compared to traditional AFS, indicating its clinical value in osteoarticular TB diagnosis.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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