Abstract
We evaluated the ability of the Vitek MS system to classify clinical pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex isolates compared to multilocus sequence analysis. Vitek MS accurately identified 55% of the isolates as M. avium and 18% as M. intracellulare, but misidentified 24 (27%) Mycobacterium chimaera isolates as Mycobacterium intracellulare.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 41-43 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry
- Multilocus sequencing
- Mycobacterium avium complex
- Mycobacterium chimaera
- Real-time pcr
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases