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. 2020 Jun;1(2):e66–e73. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30038-0

Table 2.

Isolate subspecies determined by PCR and WGS

Pulmonary isolates (n=548) Extrapulmonary isolates (n=392) Total isolates (n=940)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 535 (97·6%) 378 (96·4%) 913 (97·1%)*
Mycobacterium orygis 1 (0·2%) 6 (1·5%) 7 (0·7%)
Mycobacterium bovis 0 0 0
Mycobacterium bovis BCG 1 (0·2%) 4 (1·0%) 5 (0·5%)
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria 11 (2·0%) 4 (1·0%) 15 (1·6%)

WGS=whole-genome sequencing.

*

Including two M tuberculosis isolates negative for RD12 on PCR but confirmed by WGS (both extrapulmonary); eight inconclusive isolates on PCR identified as M tuberculosis by WGS (six pulmonary, two extrapulmonary); and one pulmonary isolate identified as M bovis BCG by PCR and M tuberculosis by WGS.

All detected by PCR and confirmed by WGS.