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. 1996 Nov;34(11):2838–2840. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2838-2840.1996

Evaluation of reformulated chemiluminescent DNA probe (AccuProbe) for culture identification of Mycobacterium kansasii.

E Tortoli 1, M T Simonetti 1, F Lavinia 1
PMCID: PMC229416  PMID: 8897195

Abstract

A panel of 104 isolates belonging to the species Mycobacterium kansasii and 78 mycobacterial isolates belonging to other species was tested in parallel with the present commercially available DNA probe (AccuProbe; Gen-Probe) and with a new probe just developed by the same manufacturer. While the old version of the probe confirmed the previously reported low sensitivity (only 59% of the M. kansasii isolates reacted), the new one was 100% sensitive. Only two non-M. kansasii strains, both M. gastri isolates, gave false-positive hybridization results.

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