TABLE 3.

Analysis of cost for identification of 158 Mycobacterium species isolates by our standard identification algorithm versus partial hsp65 gene sequencing

Specimen type (no. of isolates)	No. of isolates
	AMTD		Accuprobe						Not identified
	Positive	Negative	M. tuberculosis complex		M. avium-M. intracellulare complex		M. gordonae
			Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
Direct fluorescent-smear positive, PLDM positive (39)	20		20	0	0	2	0	0	0
		19	0	2	14	3	1	0	4
Direct fluorescent-smear negative, PLDM positive (119)	NAa	NA	22	21	58	31	7	1	32

^aNA, not applicable.