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A Field Evaluation of the Hardy TB MODS Kit™ for the Rapid Phenotypic Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

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  • Laura Martin
  • Jorge Coronel
  • Dunia Faulx
  • Melissa Valdez
  • Mutsumi Metzler
  • Chris Crudder
  • Edith Castillo
  • Luz Caviedes
  • Louis Grandjean
  • Mitzi Rodriguez
  • Jon S Friedland
  • Robert H Gilman
  • David A J Moore

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Background: Even though the WHO-endorsed, non-commercial MODS assay offers rapid, reliable TB liquid culture and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) at lower cost than any other diagnostic, uptake has been patchy. In part this reflects misperceptions about in-house assay quality assurance, but user convenience of one-stop procurement is also important. A commercial MODS kit was developed by Hardy Diagnostics (Santa Maria, CA, USA) with PATH (Seattle, WA, USA) to facilitate procurement, simplify procedures through readymade media, and enhance safety with a sealing silicone plate lid. Here we report the results from a large-scale field evaluation of the MODS kit in a government service laboratory. Methods & Findings: 2446 sputum samples were cultured in parallel in Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ), conventional MODS and in the MODS kit. MODS kit DST was compared with conventional MODS (direct) DST and proportion method (indirect) DST. 778 samples (31.8%) were Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture-positive. Compared to conventional MODS the sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values (95% confidence intervals) of the MODS Kit were 99.3% (98.3–99.8%), 98.3% (97.5–98.8%), 95.8% (94.0–97.1%), and 99.7% (99.3–99.9%). Median (interquartile ranges) time to culture-positivity (and rifampicin and isoniazid DST) was 10 (9–13) days for conventional MODS and 8.5 (7–11) for MODS Kit (p

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  • Laura Martin & Jorge Coronel & Dunia Faulx & Melissa Valdez & Mutsumi Metzler & Chris Crudder & Edith Castillo & Luz Caviedes & Louis Grandjean & Mitzi Rodriguez & Jon S Friedland & Robert H Gilman & , 2014. "A Field Evaluation of the Hardy TB MODS Kit™ for the Rapid Phenotypic Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(9), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0107258
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107258
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