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. 1999 Jan;37(1):206–208. doi: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.206-208.1999

TABLE 1.

Mycobacterial strains used for assessing specificities of molecular tests for detection of M. ulceransa

ITM no. Species identification Source or strain, origin OSCPH result IS2404 PCR result
96-961 M. tuberculosis ITM, Belgium Negb Neg
96-1635 M. malmoense ITM, Australia Neg Neg
9403 M. paratuberculosis ITM, Burundi Neg Neg
9664 M. avium ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
8736 M. intracellulare ITM, Australia Neg Neg
4988 M. scrofulaceum ATCC 19981 Neg Neg
3098 M. parafinicum IPP, 831128 Neg Neg
96-51 M. simiae ITM, Peru Neg Neg
96-109 M. genavense ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
4980 M. nonchromo-genicum ATCC 19530 Neg Neg
7735 M. chitae ATCC 19267 Neg Neg
96-268 M. flavescens ITM, United States Neg Neg
8181 M. asiaticum RIVM, 661/76 Neg Neg
7369 M. terrae ITM, United States Neg Neg
5077 M. gordonae ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
4978 M. vaccae ATCC 15483 Neg Neg
7736 M. triviale ATCC 23292 Neg Neg
9741 M. xenopi ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
94-122 M. duvalii ITM, Burundi Neg Neg
4981 M. szulgai ATCC 25932 Neg Neg
96-1182 M. kansasii ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
8223 M. chelonae ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
97-461 M. fortuitum ATCC 12790 Neg Neg
94-462 M. peregrinum ATCC 14467 Neg Neg
97-996 M. triplex ATCC 700071 Neg Neg
98-269 M. bovis BCG IPB, 1173P2 Neg Neg
96-1701 M. lentiflavum ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
96-117 M. intermedium ITM, Belgium Neg Neg
8231 M. marinum ITM, Belgium Posc Neg
8756 M. shinshuensed ATCC 33728 Pos Pos
7832 M. ulcerans CIPT 141090018, French Guyana Pos Pos
842 M. ulcerans H. J. van Keulen 701357, Suriname Pos Pos
5114 M. ulcerans Lavalle, Mexico Pos Pos
8849 M. ulcerans ITM, Australia Pos Pos
5153 M. ulcerans ITM, Congo Pos Pos
1837 M. ulcerans ITM, Ghana Pos Pos
9146 M. ulcerans ITM, Benin Pos Pos
94-886 M. ulcerans ITM, Benin Pos Pos
97-457 M. nonchromo-genicum ITM, Benin Neg Neg
97-456 Mycobacterium sp. ITM, Benin Neg Neg
97-450 Mycobacterium sp. ITM, Benin Neg Neg
97-449 M. gordonae ITM, Ghana Neg Neg
97-1035 Mycobacterium sp. ITM, Benin Neg Neg
97-1033 Mycobacterium sp. ITM, Benin Neg Neg
97-1029 Mycobacterium sp. ITM, Benin Neg Neg
97-1023 Mycobacterium sp. ITM, Benin Neg Neg
a

ITM, Institute of Tropical Medicine; RIVM, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en milieu; IPB, Institut Pasteur du Brabant, Brussels, Belgium; IPP, Institut Pasteur de Paris. Countries where samples have been collected are identified. 

b

Neg, negative. 

c

Pos, positive. 

d

M. shinshuense has been isolated from the skin ulcer of a patient in Japan (13).