Abstract
The new commercial assay GenoType Mycobacterium, intended for the identification of mycobacteria, was evaluated with a panel of 197 strains belonging to 86 different taxa. The system, which relies on solid-phase reverse hybridization, is composed of two different kits: GenoType CM for the identification of more frequently detected mycobacterial species and GenoType AS for less common species. The sensitivity and specificity were 97.9% and 92.4% for the CM kit and 99.3% and 99.4% for the AS kit. Our results show that the system may represent a useful tool to substantially enlarge the number of mycobacteria that can be reliably identified in clinical laboratories.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 334-339 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2006 |
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Evaluation of the new GenoType Mycobacterium assay for identification of mycobacterial species. / Russo, Cristina; Tortoli, Enrico; Menichella, Donato.
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