TABLE 1.
Positive results achieved with microscopy, culture, and the BDProbeTec ET system in respiratory and nonrespiratory samples which yielded mycobacteria in culture
| Species | No. of specimens with positive results by:
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| Microscopy
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Culture
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BDProbeTec ET
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| Respiratory specimens | Nonrespiratory specimens | Respiratory specimens | Nonrespiratory specimens | Respiratory specimens | Nonrespiratory specimens | |
| M. tuberculosis complex | 135 | 28 | 184 | 68 | 168 | 52 |
| M. chelonae | 11 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | |
| M. avium complex | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | ||
| M. fortuitum | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| M. kansasii | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| M. xenopi | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| M. gordonae | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| M. mucogenicum | 1 | |||||
| M. terrae | 1 | |||||
| M. lentiflavum | 1 | |||||
| Total | 163 | 40 | 231 | 82 | 169 | 53 |