Use of the GenoType Mycobacterium CM and AS assays to analyze 76 nontuberculous mycobacterial isolates from Greece.
Seventy-six nontuberculous mycobacterial isolates obtained from patients living in Greece were analyzed with the GenoType Mycobacterium CM (for common mycobacteria) and AS (for additional species) assays. GenoType correctly identified all but one of the mycobacterial species. For this species, additional probes should be designed and added to the strip.
Gitti
Zoe
Z
Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 712 01 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. zgitti@in.gr
Neonakis
Ioannis
I
Fanti
Garyfallia
G
Kontos
Fanourios
F
Maraki
Sofia
S
Tselentis
Yiannis
Y
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D015342:DNA Probes; D005838:Genotype; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D013045:Species Specificity
D015342:DNA Probes; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic