HYBRID STRIP FOR RAPID DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

摘要

The present invention is a Hybrid Strip for Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The strip comprises a supporting body and thereon a sample pad a conjugate reagent pad a test membrane and an absorbent pad. The conjugate reagent pad is coated with specific receptor-gold complexes which interact with PCR products carried to this pad via capillary action and thereby forms complexes. The above complexes will keep migrating by capillary action on the test membrane where a test line an internal control line and a system control line are coated thereon. These 3 lines may individually capture the target component of the complexes and then generate color reactions. According to the result of the color reactions the existence of MTBC as well as the PCR inhibitors can be determined.