A comparative study of MassARRAY and GeneXpert assay in detecting rifampicin resistance in tuberculosis patients' clinical specimens

Copyright © 2024 Liang, Li, Zhao, Qi, Bao, Wang, Duan and Huang..

Objectives: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has emerged as a potent tool for detecting drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB); however, concerns about its reliability have been raised. In this study, we assessed the reliability of MassARRAY (Sequenom, Inc.), which is a MALDI-TOF MS-based method, by comparing it to the well-established GeneXpert assay (Cepheid) as a reference method.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using laboratory data retrieved from Henan Chest Hospital (Zhengzhou, China). To ensure a rigorous evaluation, we adopted a comprehensive assessment approach by integrating multiple outcomes of the Xpert assay across various specimen types.

Results: Among the 170 enrolled TB cases, MassARRAY demonstrated significantly higher sensitivity (85.88%, 146 of 170) compared to the Xpert assay (76.62%, 118 of 154) in TB diagnosis (p < 0.05). The concordance in detecting rifampicin resistance between MassARRAY and the combined outcomes of the Xpert assay was 90%, while it was 97.37% (37 of 38) among smear-positive cases and 89.06% (57 of 64) among culture-positive cases. When compared to the phenotypic susceptibility outcomes of the 12 included drugs, consistency rates of 81.8 to 93.9% were obtained, with 87.9% for multiple drug resistance (MDR) identification.

Conclusion: MassARRAY demonstrates high reliability in detecting rifampicin resistance, and these findings may offer a reasonable basis for extrapolation to other drugs included in the test panel.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in microbiology - 15(2024) vom: 21., Seite 1287806

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liang, Ruixia [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jiankang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Haoran [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Shengjuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Fen [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Hongfei [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Hairong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Drug resistance
Journal Article
MALDI-TOF MS
MassARRAY
Reliability
Tuberculosis
Xpert assay

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Date Revised 24.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmicb.2024.1287806

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368742849