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. 2000 May;38(5):1772–1776. doi: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1772-1776.2000

TABLE 3.

Hybridization to various bacterial species of M. tuberculosis- and M. avium-specific oligonucleotide probes

Bacterial species (n) No. of specimens with the indicated result obtained with a probe specific for:
M. avium
M. tuberculosis
Positive Negative Positive Negative
M. tuberculosis (21) 0 21 21 0
M. avium (21) 21 0 0 21
Other mycobacteria (12) 0 12 0 12
M. bovis (1) 0 1 1 0
Other bacteria (13) 0 13 0 13