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 ( )TBcIDAccuprobe
Positive ( )Negative ( )Positive ( )Negative ( )

M. tuberculosis complex
M. tuberculosis (64)631640
M. bovis BCG (6)0660
M. africanum (1)1010
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
M. abscessus (2)0202
M. avium (4)0404
M. intracellulare (5)0505
M. chelonae (2)0202
M. fortuitum (1)0101
M. genavense (2)0202
M. gordonae (4)0404
M. kansasii (1)0101
M. marinum (2)0202
M. peregrinum (1)0101
M. scrofulaceum (1)0101
M. szulgai (1)0101
M. xenopi (1)0101
M. ulcerans (1)0101
Nonmycobacteria
 AFB high G+C bacteria (1)0101

BCG: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. AFB: acid-fast bacilli.