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. 2014 Jul;52(7):2493–2499. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03533-13

TABLE 2.

Qualitative results describing the mean values and SD per probe compared to those of the reference

Organism detected and probes used Qualitative result for:
Reference mean for:
Vircell panel CDC panel MMQCI panel GLI panel DCS panel Vircell panel CDC panel MMQCI panel GLI panela DCS panel
M. tuberculosis, RIF sensitive
    No. 7 10 8 8 10 1 1 1 1 1
    Probe A (mean [SD]) 19.6 (1.7) 22.0 (2.9) 24.1 (2.1) 15.7 (2.3) 19.4 (2.1) 20.4 22.2 20.9 12.2 21.9
    Probe B (mean [SD]) 21.4 (1.6) 23.6 (3.0) 25.5 (2.1) 17.6 (2.5) 21.0 (2.2) 21.8 23.5 22.5 13.5 22.9
    Probe C (mean [SD]) 20.0 (1.8) 22.3 (3.0) 24.5 (2.1) 16.0 (2.2) 19.8 (2.2) 20.7 22.6 21.2 12.4 22.0
    Probe D (mean [SD]) 21.2 (2.0) 23.5 (2.8) 25.5 (1.9) 17.4 (2.3) 20.8 (2.2) 21.6 23.5 22.3 13.3 23.0
    Probe E (mean [SD]) 20.9 (1.6) 23.3 (2.8) 25.2 (2.3) 17.0 (2.2) 20.8 (1.9) 22.3 23.9 22.6 13.9 23.7
    SPC (mean [SD]) 24.8 (2.1) 26.8 (3.2) 25.7 (2.1) 27.8 (2.1) 27.6 (3.1) 26.7 24.3 26.6 28.7 30.5
M. tuberculosis, RIF resistant
    No. 8 8 8 16a 10 1 1 1 2 1
    Probe A (mean [SD]) 19.3 (2.4) 20.9 (1.8) 0.0 (0.0) 16.4 (4.9) 20.9 (2.6) 18.4 33.9 0.0b 12.0 17.4
11.7
    Probe B (mean [SD]) 20.9 (2.5) 21.9 (1.8) 0.0 (0.0) 18.1 (4.9) 22.7 (2.6) 19.7 33.7 0.0b 12.2 19.0
13.2
    Probe C (mean [SD]) 19.9 (2.5) 19.9 (21.3) 22.7 (2.3) 16.9 (5.0) 21.2 (2.7) 18.9 0.0b 20.4 12.5 17.7
12.3
    Probe D (mean [SD]) 21.1 (2.5) 22.5 (1.5) 0.0 (0.0) 18.1 (4.7) 0.0 (0.0) 20.2 33.8 0.0b 13.4 0.0b
13.1
    Probe E (mean [SD]) 0.0 (0.0) 22.3 (1.9) 23.2 (2.2) 0.0 (0.0) 22.1 (2.6) 0.0b 35.6 21.6 0.0b 18.9
0.0b
    SPC (mean [SD]) 26.4 (3.5) 26.0 (2.3) 25.0 (2.0) 29.4 (3.3) 27.4 (3.4) 23.6 31.7 28.3 26.9 27.0
28.4
M. tuberculosis, RIF resistant
    No. NAc 9 NA NA NA 1
    Probe A (mean [SD]) 26.4 (2.6) 27.6
    Probe B (mean [SD]) 27.8 (2.4) 27.9
    Probe C (mean [SD]) 26.8 (2.7) 27.0
    Probe D (mean [SD]) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0b
    Probe E (mean [SD]) 27.6 (2.8) 28.5
    SPC (mean [SD]) 27.3 (1.9) 25.6
M. tuberculosis not detected, NTM
    No. All values negative NA NA NA 9 1
    Probe A (mean [SD]) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0
    Probe B (mean [SD]) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0
    Probe C (mean [SD]) 24.4 (18.4) 0.0
    Probe D (mean [SD]) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0
    Probe E (mean [SD]) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0
    SPC (mean [SD]) 27.1 (1.7) 28.5
a

Two samples in the GLI panel were the same and were analyzed together, since they had the same Rif-resistant profile.

b

Probes that identified the result as MTBC detected, RIF resistant.

c

NA, not applicable.