Affiliation:
1. Microbiology Service, Reina Sofia University Hospital, and Mycobacteria Reference Center, Faculty of Medicine, Cordoba University, Cordoba, Spain
Abstract
ABSTRACT
We evaluated GenoType Mycobacteria Direct (GTMD), a novel commercial assay based on nucleic acid sequence-based amplification technology, for the detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
complex,
M. avium
,
M. intracellulare
,
M. kansasii
, and
M. malmoense
directly from clinical specimens. A total of 134 respiratory and extrapulmonary samples from 65 patients were processed. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive, and negative predictive values for GTMD were 92, 100, 100, and 77%, respectively. The GMTD technique is useful, reliable, and rapid when used during the normal routine of a clinical laboratory.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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