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Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rampant in
human and animals; it has been classified as reemerging disease as
it is being reported with increasing frequency in human
particularly from developing countries. Early diagnosis of the
disease by using sensitive, specific, rapid & cost effective
diagnostic procedure is of utmost importance for effective control.
Although several modern methods like BACTEC, ATP Bioluminescent,
Biological Oxygen uptake assay, MGIT, r-RNA viability etc. are
available for clinical use. These techniques are rapid, radioactive
(BACTEC), sensitive, specified but require heavy financial
commitment and their high cost limit practical applicability. The
present study was undertaken to evaluate the Alamar Blue assay
which is a simple & less costly technique as a diagnostic tool
for tuberculosis. Increasing reports of tuberculosis in man and
animals suggest development of multi-drug resistance in M.
tuberculosis. Therefore, use of antibiotics on the basis of
in-vitro drug sensitivity testing seems rational and justified.
Tuberculosis is devastating disease at global level. TB is caused
by members of Mycobaterium tuberculosis complex group. Presently
available biochemical methods of diagnosis of tuberculosis are not
accurate. The highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and
specific molecular probes techniques are major advances in early
diagnosis and molecular epidemiology of various diseases including
TB. It is established that the ribosomal gene region of both the
prokaryotic and eukaryotic comprise of sequences that are conserved
during evolution interspersed with sequence which are divergent.
The analysis of the 16S rRNA gene promoter region for rapid and
accurate differentiation and identification of Mycobacterial
species and understanding of their phylogenetic relationships is
likely to prove to be advantageous over the use of previously used
target genes. The resulting sensitivity is likely to allow the
generation of RFLP patterns in a matter of hours to differentiate
not only between the species investigated in the present study but
others as well, by possible detection of novel RFLP patterns. For
unidentified cases, PCR product could be characterized by
subsequent sequencing.
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