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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1136-1141, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1136-1141.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Rapid Serodiagnosis of Active Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Analysis of Results from Multiple Antigen-Specific Tests

Yoshinari Okuda,1 Ryoji Maekura,1* Atsusi Hirotani,1 Seigo Kitada,1 Kenji Yoshimura,1 Touru Hiraga,1 Yuoko Yamamoto,1 Masami Itou,1 Takeshi Ogura,1 and Toshio Ogihara2

Toneyama National Hospital,1 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan2

Received 23 May 2003/ Returned for modification 18 July 2003/ Accepted 17 November 2003

We have prospectively analyzed three antigens for serodiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). These antigens were tuberculous glycolipid antigen, lypoarabinomannan polysaccharide antigen, and antigen 60 (A60), which was derived from purified protein derivatives. Of the 131 patients with active pulmonary TB, 57 were both smear and culture negative and 14 had chronic active pulmonary TB that remained smear positive for >12 months of chemotherapy. One hundred twenty healthy adults were controls. The percentages of patients positive in all three tests were 58.8% for smear-positive active pulmonary TB and 71.4% for chronic active pulmonary TB. When the results of the three serodiagnostic tests were evaluated in combination, the sensitivity increased to 91.5% in patients with active pulmonary TB and to 86.0% in smear- and culture-negative patients. The false-positive rate of the three-test combination was 12.5% in the healthy control groups. In conclusion, it was not possible to detect all of the antibodies against antigenic substances in the cell walls of the tuberculous bacilli in the sera of all TB patients by using available serodiagnostic tests. However, the combined use of tests with three separate antigens maximizes the effectiveness of serodiagnosis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Toneyama National Hospital, 5-1-1 Toneyama, Toyonaka City, Osaka 560-0045, Japan. Phone: 81-6-6853-2001. Fax: 81-6-6853-3127. E-mail: maekurar{at}toneyama.hosp.go.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1136-1141, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1136-1141.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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