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Selecting criteria for improving results of an immunochromatographic assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
María José Munoz-Davila1, Emilio Leiva Tápia, Ignacio Segura Díaz
1Microbiology laboratory, Clinic Biotechnology Management Unit, Torrecardenas Hospital Complex, Almeria, Spain. mariajose.munoz5@um.es
Journal of Microbiological Methods
|July 9, 2013
Abstract:
We describe a combined macro and microscopic criteria for rapid presumptive differentiation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) evaluated by two independent observers. This strategy achieved rapid MTC identification in most cases (95.8% expert observer and 91.6% novice observer) with significant savings compared to more expensive and unnecessary tests.

