TABLE 2.
Clinical isolates of mycobacteria analyzed by MIS by using both conventional MIS sample preparation and MIS sample preparation combined with the TMSH technique
| Mycobacterium species | No. of clinical isolates
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Recognized by MIS alonea | Recognized by MIS plus TMSHb | |
| M. avium-M. intracellulare-M. scrofulaceum complex | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| M. avium-M. intracellulare group | 31 | 25 | 25 |
| M. avium | 7c | 0 | 0 |
| M. scrofulaceum | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| M. celatum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. chelonae | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| M. fortuitum | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| M. gastri | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| M. gordonae | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| M. kansasii | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| M. malmoense | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| M. marinum | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M. nonchromogenicum | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| M. smegmatis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. szulgai | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| M. tuberculosis-M. bovis complex | 75 | 4 | 24 |
| M. tuberculosis | 75 | 51 | 51 |
| M. xenopi | 19 | 13 | 19 |
a
Based on a similarity index of 0.500 or higher with a separation of 0.100 between the first and second choices.
b
MIS library search completed by including data from the literature.
c
Part of the M. avium-M. intracellulare group.