Abstract:Objective To evaluate the use of gene chip, Lowenstein-Jensen (L-J) culture method and proportion method in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) resistant of rifampinc (RFP) and isoniazid (INH). Methods A total of 200 MTB clinical isolates were chosed, 6 sites of resistant gene rpoB and 13 kinds of mutant of RFP were detected, and 1 site of resistant gene katG, 2 kinds of mutant and inhA gene promoter-15, 1 kind of C→T mutant of INH were detected. Meanwhile drug susceptibility of the 200 MTB clinical isolates with rapid culture and proportion method were detected. Then the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were compared. Results A number of 152 sensitive isolates and 48 resistant isolates were detected by gene chip, and 161 sensitive isolates and 39 resistant were isolated by proportion method. If the result of proportion method was set as criteria, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of gene chip test RFP drug were 85%, 98.9% and 97.5%, for INH they were 82.8%, 92.4%, 91%. Conclusions Gene chip method can be used to preliminarily screen the drug-resisitant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Joint detection with proportion method can improve the diagnostic rate.