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. 2013 Jun;5(3):251–257. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.05.08

Table 2. Comparison of MTB DNA and plasmid DNA isolated using the four extraction methods.

Qiagen
Magnetic bead
Phenol-chloroform
Omega
MTB Plasmid MTB Plasmid MTB Plasmid MTB Plasmid
Concentration of experimental sample (mean ± SD)a   1197.8±648.5   423.6±183.4   1483.1±457.5   714.2±214.3   704.5±505.3   310±208.8   946.7±246.0   316.7±135.8
Extraction efficiency (mean ± SD)   42.7±23.1%   41.0 ±17.7%   52.8±16.3%   69.2±20.7%   25.1±18.0%   30.0±20.2%   33.7±8.8%   30.7±12.7%
Concentration of control sample (mean ± SD)a   3228.4±2383.3   1326.9±1668.9   2451.6±1509.1   1047.9±539.6   2399.1±709.0   806.6±249.7   4199.5±1983.5   1686.4±4681.2
Loss ratio (mean ± SD)   63.2±19.8%   68.1±13.8%   40.1±18.5%   31.8±20.4%   70.6±21.0%   61.6±25.9%   66.3±8.8%   81.2±8.1%
Inhibition ratio   –15.0%   –28.5%   12.7%   –1.5%   14.5%   21.9%   –49.7%   –63.3%
Coefficient of variance   46.9%   37.5%   26.7%   26.0%   62.2%   58.4%   22.5%   37.2%

a: ng/mL.