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. 2022 Oct 26;10(6):e02018-22. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02018-22

TABLE 4.

Vitek MS performance for identifying RGM and SGM at different MGIT report-positive days

Organism(s)a Avg report-positive days No. (%) of isolates identified at different MGIT report-positive days
Total 0 < d ≤ 6 6 < d ≤ 11 11 < d ≤ 16 16 < d ≤ 21 d > 21
RGM
M. abscessus 5.57 ± 3.85 253/284 (89.08%) 202/225 (89.78) 29/35 (82.86) 13/14 (92.86) 7/7 (100) 2/3 (66.67)
M. chelonae 11.62 ± 4.33 4/5 (80) 0 3/3 (100) 1/1 (100) 0/1 (0) 0
M. fortuitum group 7.72 ± 5.75 18/23 (78.26) 10/13 (76.92) 4/6 (66.67) 2/2 (100) 0 2/2 (100)
  M. fortuitum 6.67 ± 4.62 11/15 (73.33) 8/10 (80) 1/3 (33.33) 1/1 (100) 0 1/1 (100)
  M. peregrinum 7.77 ± 1.15 2/2 (100) 0 2/2 (100) 0 0 0
  M. porcinum 9.99 ± 9.04 4/4 (100) 2/2 (100) 1/1 (100) 0 0 1/1 (100)
  M. septicum* 10.27 ± 3.90 1/2 (50) 0/1 (0) 0 1/1 (100) 0 0
M. monacense* 4.38 ± 5.42 0/2 (0) 0/1 (100) 0/1 (100) 0 0 0
M. neoaurum 6.04 1/1 (100) 0 1/1 (100) 0 0 0
M. wolinskyi* 5.67 0/1 (0) 0/1 (0) 0 0 0 0
  Identification rate 5.82 ± 4.11 276/316 (87.34) 212/240 (88.33) 37/46 (80.43) 16/17 (94.12) 7/8 (87.5) 4/5 (80)
  Identification rateb 6.04 ± 3.90 275/311 (88.42) 212/237 (89.45) 37/45 (82.22) 15/16 (93.75) 7/8 (87.5) 4/5 (80)
SGM
M. avium complex
  M. avium 11.63 ± 7.05 60/75 (80.0) 11/18 (61.12) 18/20 (90) 23/27 (85.19) 5/6 (83.33) 3/4 (75)
  M. intracellulare 8.73 ± 5.85 203/271 (74.91) 82/124 (66.13) 63/77 (81.82) 39/46 (84.78) 8/13 (61.54) 11/11 (100)
  MAC-X* 12.81 ± 7.40 11/36 (30.55) 2/6 (33.33) 4/12 (33.33) 3/11 (27.27) 1/2 (50) 1/5 (20)
   M. chimaera* 22.33 ± 17.32 0/2 (0) 0 0/1 (0) 0 0 0/1 (0)
   M. colombiense* 11.72 ± 2.85 1/5 (20) 0 1/2 (50) 0/3 (0) 0 0
   M. marseillense* 13.16 ± 8.31 10/26 (38.46) 2/6 (33.3) 3/6 (20) 3/8 (37.5) 1/2 (50) 1/4 (25)
   M. timonense* 9.33 ± 0.24 0/2 (0) 0 0/2 (0) 0 0 0
   M. yongonense* 7.96 0/1 (0) 0 0/1 (0) 0 0 0
M. angelicum* 4.4 ± 0.21 0/2 (0) 0/2 (0) 0 0 0 0
M. asiaticum 21.77 ± 6.69 0/2 (0) 0 0 0 0/1 (0) 0/1 (0)
M. gordonae 18.74 ± 8.63 12/17 (70.59) 0/1 (0) 1/1 (100) 5/8 (62.5) 1/2 (50) 5/5 (100)
M. interjectum* 15.08 0/1 (0) 0 0 0/1 (0) 0 0
M. kansasii 12.19 ± 6.67 88/111 (79.28) 16/20 (80) 28/38 (73.68) 19/23 (82.61) 14/17 (82.35) 11/13 (84.62)
M. lentiflavum 30.35 ± 5.69 2/3 (66.7) 0 0 0 0 2/3 (66.67)
M. mantenii* 23.21 0/1 (0) 0 0 0 0 0/1 (0)
M. parascrofulaceum* 25.55 ± 9.53 0/6 (0) 0 0/1 (100) 0 0 0/5 (0)
M. seoulense* 20.75 0/1 (0) 0 0 0 0/1 (0) 0
M. shigaense* 31.04 0/1 (0) 0 0 0 0 0/1 (0)
M. szulgai 13.32 ± 10.60 3/3 (100) 0 2/2 (100) 0 0 1/1 (100)
M. triplex 8.13 ± 0.29 0/2 (0) 0 0/2 (0) 0 0 0
M. xenopi 24.28 ± 17.29 2/7 (28.57) 1/2 (50) 1/1 (100) 0 0 0/4 (0)
  Identification rate 11.12 ± 7.66 381/539 (70.69) 112/173 (64.74) 117/154 (75.97) 89/116 (76.72) 29/42 (69.05) 34/54 (62.96)
  Identification rateb 10.85 ± 6.52 370/491 (75.36) 110/165 (66.67) 113/141 (80.14) 86/104 (82.69) 28/39 (71.79) 33/42 (78.57)
a

Species not included in the bioMérieux Vitek MS v3.0 database are indicated by asterisks.

b

Identification rate after excluding species not in the bioMérieux Vitek MS database.