Table 1. Conventional Biochemical Identification vs. Molecular Identification.

Results of Conventional Biochemical Identification (Total number = 39)	Isolates Available for Molecular Identification (Total number = 24)	Results of Molecular Identification (Total number = 24)
M. abscessus group (26)	M. abscessus group (19)	M. abscessus (10) M. massiliense (9)
M. chelonae group (5)	M. chelonae group (2)	M. massiliense (2)
M. fortuitum group (4)	M. fortuitum group (1)	M. abscessus (1)
M. avium group (2)	M. avium group (0)	M. avium group (0)
Mycobacteria spp.* (2)	Mycobacteria spp.* (2)	M. abscessus (2)

*Mycobacteria spp.: mycobacteria species that failed to be further identified by conventional biochemical methods.