Analysis of Clinical Factors, Bacterial Genotyping, and Drug Resistance for Spinal Tuberculosis in South-Central China

Table 2

Algorithm to identify individual MTBC subspecies.

Organism(s)				Results				Profile
	16S	Rv0577	IS1561′	Rv1510	Rv1970	Rv3877/8	Rv3120
	rRNA(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
M. tuberculosis	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	1234567
M. africanum subtype II	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	1234567
M. canettii	+	+	+	+	+	+	−	123456
M. africanum subtype I	+	+	+	+	−	+	+	123467
M. caprae	+	+	+	+	−	+	−	12346
M.bovis	+	+	+	−	−	+	−	1236
M. bovis BCG	+	+	+	−	−	−	−	123
M. microti	+	+	−	+	−	+	+	12467
MOTT	+	−	−	−	−	−	−	1