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Abstract

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly important opportunistic pathogens responsible for a variety of clinical diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate a novel technique, real-time PCR coupled with high-resolution melting analysis (real-time PCR-HRMA), for NTM identification. Two pairs of unique primers targeted to the 16S rRNA gene and the 16S–23S internal transcribed spacer region were selected for further evaluation. A total of 149 mycobacterial clinical isolates were subjected to analysis using the real-time PCR-HRMA system. Overall, 134 NTM identified by the 16S rRNA full-gene sequencing method were categorized into four major groups: complex, group, and group. Of the 134 prevalent mycobacterial isolates, 101 mycobacteria (75.4 %) could be identified correctly by the real-time PCR-HRMA system. The individual sensitivities for the complex, group, and groups were 90.9, 89.1, 100 and 36.8 %, respectively. The specificity of identifying these groups varied from 96.4 to 100 %. When identification failed, mostly it was attributable to various species in the group. The real-time PCR-HRMA system is therefore a rapid and sensitive method for identifying prevalent NTM in a clinical laboratory.

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