Development of a multiantigenic serological test for tuberculosis diagnosis.

Claudia Marcela Castro, Tania Bibiana Porras, Martha Inirida Guerrero, Clara Ines León, Maria Antonieta Mojica, Martha Lara, Maria Cristina Parada, Clara Espitia, .

Keywords: MAPIA, serologic test, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, antigen combination

Abstract

Objective. The present work evaluated a multi-antigen printing immunoassay (MAPIA) for the serological diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Materials And Methods. Sera were obtained from 66 patients with tuberculosis, verified clinically and bacteriologically and from 47 healthy individuals (control group). Sample sera were used for detection of antibodies against 3 enriched mixtures of proteins and 5 unique recombinant antigens. The antigens were presented in a solid matrix. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values were evaluated and confirmed by a logistic regression analysis. A prevalence value was calculated and used for the selection of the best antigenic combination.
Results. The sensitivity and specificity values of individual antigens varied between 5-83% and 9-100%. The enriched mixtures values were more accurate than those obtained with the recombinant antigens. Combinations of several antigens improved the sensitivity values up to the 81% level. In most cases, specificity values of 57% or less were obtained.
Conclusions. These results suggested that the multiantigenic test can be a useful screening tool, to be used in conjunction with the more definitive diagnostic tests.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
  • Claudia Marcela Castro Laboratorio de Micobacterias, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, D.C.,
  • Tania Bibiana Porras Laboratorio de Micobacterias, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, D.C.,
  • Martha Inirida Guerrero Laboratorio de Micobacterias, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, D.C.,
  • Clara Ines León Laboratorio de Micobacterias, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, D.C.,
  • Maria Antonieta Mojica Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
  • Martha Lara Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
  • Maria Cristina Parada Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
  • Clara Espitia Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
How to Cite
1.
Castro CM, Porras TB, Guerrero MI, León CI, Mojica MA, Lara M, et al. Development of a multiantigenic serological test for tuberculosis diagnosis. biomedica [Internet]. 2005 Mar. 1 [cited 2024 May 17];25(1):55-64. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/1327

Some similar items:

Published
2005-03-01
Section
Original articles

Altmetric

Article metrics
Abstract views
Galley vies
PDF Views
HTML views
Other views
QR Code