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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic ActinomycetesFluorescent Hybridization of Mycobacterium leprae in Skin Samples Collected in Burkina FasoLeprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, and it remains underdiagnosed in Burkina Faso. We investigated the use of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting M. leprae in 27 skin samples (skin biopsy samples, slit skin samples, and skin lesion swabs) collected from 21 patients...
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic ActinomycetesMultiplex Real-Time PCR-shortTUB Assay for Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Smear-Negative Clinical Samples with Low Mycobacterial LoadsTuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem worldwide. Control of TB requires rapid, accurate diagnosis of active disease. However, extrapulmonary TB is very difficult to diagnose because the clinical specimens have very low bacterial loads. Several molecular methods involving direct detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) have emerged in...
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic ActinomycetesPerformance of RGM Medium for Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Respiratory Specimens from Non-Cystic Fibrosis PatientsA new selective medium for rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM medium) was evaluated on respiratory specimens from non-cystic fibrosis patients and compared to the mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) system and Middlebrook 7H11 agar for the isolation of all nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). A total of 203 mucolyzed respiratory specimens collected from 163 patients were inoculated on RGM medium and incubated at both 30°C (RGM30)...
- Mycobacteriology and Aerobic ActinomycetesEvaluation of the Vitek MS v3.0 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry System for Identification of Mycobacterium and Nocardia Species
- Mycobacteriology and Aerobic ActinomycetesEvaluation of GenoType NTM-DR Assay for Identification of Mycobacterium chimaera
- Mycobacteriology and Aerobic ActinomycetesTarget-Specific Assay for Rapid and Quantitative Detection of Mycobacterium chimaera DNA
- Mycobacteriology and Aerobic ActinomycetesEvaluation of RGM Medium for Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Respiratory Samples from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis in the United States