title: [Identification of Mycobacterium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis].
abstract: The identification results of 3530 Mycobacterium strains isolated from a clinical material from tuberculosis patients are presented. 3219 (91.17%) of the strains are classified AS M. tuberculosis and 331 (8.83%) as nontuberculous, containing, generally, M. fortuitum group. (96 or 2.71% of the cases). Most of the nontuberculous mycobacteria had no clinical value. Mycobacteriosis caused by these mycobacteria was diagnosed in 6 patients. Biochemical identification tests allowed one to specify the species of 19 Mycobacteria. Out of 738 environmental inoculations, mycobacteria were isolated in 43 (5.82%) cases, including 42 (97.68%) nontuberculous strains.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sosnovskaia
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Identifikatsiia tuberkuleznykh i netuberkuleznykh mikobakteriĭ.