TABLE 2.
Detection of M. tuberculosis DNA from BacT/ALERT MP (MP) culture bottles by real-time PCR versus organism cultured from bottle
| Organism cultureda | Result with real-time PCR
|
No. of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive | No. negative | ||
| M. tuberculosis | 114 | 0 | 41 |
| MAI | 0 | 67 | 43 |
| M. kansasii | 0 | 18 | 8 |
| M. fortuitum | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| M. gordonae | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| M. chelonae | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| M. asiaticum | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. nonchromogenicum | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. simiae | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| M. kansasii/MAI | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| MOTT | 0 | 2 | 2 |
a
All are of the genus Mycobacterium. MOTT, mycobacteria other than tuberculosis.