Evaluation of a synthetic peptide for the detection of anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis curli pili IgG antibodies in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious threat in underdeveloped areas. Mycobacterium tuberculosis curli pili (MTP), a virulence factor, is a potential biomarker for a reliable point of care (POC) test and was evaluated for its ability to react with Immunoglobulin G (IgG) in TB patients. An MTP synthetic peptide in a slot blot assay was used to screen serum/plasma samples (n?=?65) in 3 separate cohorts, including 40?TB positive (16 HIV co-infected), 20?TB negative/HIV negative patients and 5 healthy volunteers. Forty samples were true positives (HIV positive, n?=?16), 23 true negatives (HIV negative) and 2 false positives (HIV negative). The McNemar test demonstrated a 3.08% accuracy estimate (CI: -2.1% - 3.08%). This confirms that MTP is expressed during infection, including HIV-TB co-infection, is likely to be suitable for the design of a POC test and supports the validation of MTP for TB detection in larger patient populations.

SUBMITTER: Naidoo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6477539 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature