Infection and Drug Resistance (Jan 2021)

Diagnostic Yield of Oral Swab Testing by TB-LAMP for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

  • Song Y,
  • Ma Y,
  • Liu R,
  • Shang Y,
  • Ma L,
  • Huo F,
  • Li Y,
  • Shu W,
  • Wang Y,
  • Gao M,
  • Pang Y

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 14
pp. 89 – 95

Abstract

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Yanhua Song,1,* Yifeng Ma,2,* Rongmei Liu,1,* Yuanyuan Shang,3,* Liping Ma,1 Fengmin Huo,3 Yunxu Li,3 Wei Shu,4 Yufeng Wang,5 Mengqiu Gao,1 Yu Pang3 1Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 4Clinical Center on TB, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Laboratory Quality Control, Innovation Alliance on Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment (Beijing), Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Mengqiu GaoDepartment of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, No. 9, Beiguan Street, Tongzhou District, Beijing 101149, People’s Republic of ChinaTel/Fax +86-10-8950 9322Email [email protected] PangDepartment of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, No. 9, Beiguan Street, Tongzhou District, Beijing 101149, People’s Republic of ChinaTel/Fax +86-10-8950 9359Email [email protected]: A prospective study was conducted to ascertain the accuracy of oral swab specimens collected in the early morning, spot and at night for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients with symptoms suggestive of pulmonary TB in Beijing Chest Hospital. An early morning sputum specimen was collected from each patient for GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and mycobacterial culture. In addition, three oral swabs were collected for TB-LAMP testing.Results: With the combined results of three oral swab specimens, the proportion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-positive cases achieved 40.6%, which was comparable to results for Xpert and MGIT (P=0.603). Using Xpert plus MGIT as reference, the sensitivity of OS-LAMP on a single specimen ranged from 32.6% on the night oral swab to 50.0% on the morning swab. The combination of three oral swab specimens correctly identified 38 MTB-positive cases, indicating an overall sensitivity of 82.6%, which was significantly higher than that of a single oral swab specimen (P< 0.001, P=0.001).Conclusion: Oral swab can be used as an alternative specimen for diagnosis of pulmonary TB using TB-LAMP. Morning oral swab exhibits the highest sensitivity, and the inclusion of more specimens at different time points provides compensation in diagnostic sensitivity with single oral swab.Keywords: diagnosis, oral swab, TB-LAMP, pulmonary tuberculosis, China

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