Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a simple and efficient nucleic acid amplification method for the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases. This study assessed the performance of an in-house LAMP for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis at a remote reference laboratory in the endemic setting of Thailand. As part of the routine service, 1,882 sputum samples were processed for mycobacterial culture in Lowenstein-Jensen and MGIT media. The DNA was extracted from the remaining decontaminated samples after the culture procedure for real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis using Anyplex plus MTB/NTM detection kit. 785 (40.28%) were positive by mycobacterial culture. Of these, 222 DNA remnants were available and subjected to LAMP analysis. Based on culture as reference (Mycobacterium tuberculosis; MTB= 209/ non-tuberculous mycobacteria; NTM= 13), the overall sensitivity of LAMP and Anyplex plus assays for MTB detection were 89.95% (188/209; 95% confidential interval [CI]: 85.05-93.67%) and 96.65% (202/209; 95% CI: 93.22-98.64%), and the accuracy values were 88.74% (197/222;, respectively. The sensitivity and accuracy of the in-house LAMP and the Anyplex plus real-time PCR assay were high in comparison to culture results. The high sensitivity and accuracy suggested that this in-house LAMP was promising and might be useful for early TB diagnosis.
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