IMMY Mycobacteria Testing Products

Clinical evaluation of IMMY MycoDDR™

TB is a serious disease that affects a significant portion of the world’s population and is one of the leading causes of death in developing countries. Diagnosis of TB is important not only for correct treatment of the disease but also for containment of the highly contagious infected individual. Currently, the most widely used diagnostics for pulmonary TB benefit from pre-processing of the patient respiratory samples for concentration of the sample and removal of any contaminating organisms that may interfere with the test results. Consequently, processing of the patient sample is a critical step in facilitating the diagnosis of TB. The importance of this sample processing step necessitates the method be efficient, dependable and cost effective.

The MycoDDR sample processing system delivers true positive results in less or equal time than the Alpha-Tec NAC-PAC Red sample processing system. The MycoDDR sample processing system uses approximately 50% less neutralization buffer, on average, to achieve the optimal pH for survival of mycobacterium and death of normal flora, than the NAC-PAC Red system.