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BioMed Research International
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2014
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Article
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Tab 2
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Research Article
Assessment of the BD MGIT TBc Identification Test for the Detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Complex in a Network of Mycobacteriology Laboratories
Table 2
Comparison of the results obtained by the TBcID and the Accuprobe assay.
Mycobacterial species (
)
TBcID
Accuprobe
Positive (
)
Negative (
)
Positive (
)
Negative (
)
M. tuberculosis
complex
M. tuberculosis
(64)
63
1
64
0
M. bovis
BCG (6)
0
6
6
0
M. africanum
(1)
1
0
1
0
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
M. abscessus
(2)
0
2
0
2
M. avium
(4)
0
4
0
4
M. intracellulare
(5)
0
5
0
5
M. chelonae
(2)
0
2
0
2
M. fortuitum
(1)
0
1
0
1
M. genavense
(2)
0
2
0
2
M. gordonae
(4)
0
4
0
4
M. kansasii
(1)
0
1
0
1
M. marinum
(2)
0
2
0
2
M. peregrinum
(1)
0
1
0
1
M. scrofulaceum
(1)
0
1
0
1
M. szulgai
(1)
0
1
0
1
M. xenopi
(1)
0
1
0
1
M. ulcerans
(1)
0
1
0
1
Nonmycobacteria
AFB high G+C bacteria (1)
0
1
0
1
BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. AFB: acid-fast bacilli.