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. 2004 Sep;42(9):4303-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4303-4306.2004.

Usefulness of the GenoType MTBC assay for differentiating species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in cultures obtained from clinical specimens

Elvira Richter  1 , Michael Weizenegger, Anne-Marie Fahr, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes
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Usefulness of the GenoType MTBC assay for differentiating species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in cultures obtained from clinical specimens

Elvira Richter et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Sep.

Abstract

A novel DNA strip assay, GenoType MTBC, was evaluated for differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species from 77 positive liquid cultures in clinical practice. Species identification (M. tuberculosis [71 strains], Mycobacterium bovis subsp. bovis [5 strains], and Mycobacterium africanum subtype I [1 strain]) results were identical to conventional results. The sensitivity was slightly higher for this test than for the AccuProbe assay.

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