Table 3. Time required for obtaining results with clinical specimens by spoligotyping compared with 3 other methods*.

Procedure	Days required, median (range)
Spoligotyping	6 (1–26)
Culture confirmation	28 (6–64)
Susceptibility testing	37 (23–81)
RFLP typing	75 (24–160)

* RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism.