TABLE 3.
Identification by PNA-FISH of mycobacteria from 52 positive liquid cultures
| Conventional identification | No. of isolates | PNA-FISHd result obtained with:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTBCCy3a | MAVTAMRAb | MKATAMRAc | ||
| M. avium | 7 | − | +++ | − |
| M. gordonae | 8 | − | − | − |
| M. intracellulare | 10 | − | − | − |
| M. kansasii | 1 | − | − | +++ |
| M. marinum | 1 | − | − | − |
| M. tuberculosis | 24 | +++ | − | − |
| M. xenopi | 1 | − | − | − |
a
M. tuberculosis complex-specific PNA probe.
b
M. avium-specific PNA probe.
c
M. kansasii-specific PNA probe.
d
− = negative. For fluorescence signal intensity definitions, see Table 2, footnote f.