TABLE I.   Species identification of 86 isolates of nontuberculous mycobacteria with concordant results by both mycobacteria mobility shift assay (MMSA) and PRA-hsp65 methods.

PRA-hsp65	MMSA	Isolates n (%)
Mycobacterium avium	M. avium complex	39 (45.3)
Mycobacterium intracellulare	M. avium complex	6 (7)
Mycobacterium abscessus	M. chelonae-abscessus group	13 (15.2)
Mycobacterium chelonae	M. chelonae-abscessus group	3 (3.5)
Mycobacterium kansasii	M. kansasii	6 (7)
Mycobacterium fortuitum	M. fortuitum group	11 (12.8)
Mycobacterium porcinum/Mycobacterium peregrinum/Mycobacterium septicum	M. fortuitum group	4 (4.6)
Mycobacterium gordonae	M. gordonae	4 (4.6)