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An easy-to-handleMycobacterium -specific PCR assay for detection of the presence of a wide range of mycobacterial species in clinical samples was evaluated. The performance of the genus probe was compared with the performance of probes specific forMycobacterium tuberculosis andMycobacterium avium and with that of standard culture. In addition, the utility of an internal control in monitoring amplification inhibitors was studied. Of 545 respiratory and 325 nonrespiratory specimens (a total of 870 specimens), 58 (6.7%) showed the presence of amplification inhibitors, as determined by a negative result for the internal control. Of these 58 specimens, 31 (53%) were stool specimens; other material, even citrate blood after lysis of erythrocytes, did not pose a problem with regard to inhibition of PCR amplification. Eighty-one of the remaining 812 specimens had a positiveMycobacterium culture result. Of these culture-positive specimens, 58 (71.6%) showed a positive result with theMycobacterium genus-specific probe. Seventy-two samples had a positive result with theMycobacterium -specific probe but a negative culture result. Of these 72 samples, 26 samples were regarded as true positive, either because theM. tuberculosis - orM. avium -specific probe was also positive at the same time or because other specimens from the same patient taken at the same time were culture positive. The sensitivity of theMycobacterium -specific probe was 78.5% and the specificity was 93.5%. This study showed that pretesting of clinical specimens for mycobacteria to the genus level with aMycobacterium -specific probe offers the routine clinical laboratory the possibility of detecting tuberculous and nontuberculous mycobacteria with one test. Furthermore, specimens testing positive with the genus-specific probe can be immediately identified with species-specific probes.

Genus Level Identification of Mycobacteria from Clinical Specimens by Using an Easy-To-Handle Mycobacterium -Specific PCR Assay