Table 1 Comparison of Mycobacterial Identification using Acid-Fast Staining, Bacterial Culture and MALDI-TOF MS.
patient ID | acid-fast bacilli | culture examination | rifampicin susceptibility | MALDI-TOF MS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TB | NTM | rpoB mutation | ||||
2986 | + | M. tuberculosis | sensitive | + | + | − |
3012 | + | M. tuberculosis | sensitive | + | + | − |
2994 | − | M. tuberculosis | sensitive | + | + | − |
2996 | − | M. tuberculosis | sensitive | + | + | − |
3014 | − | M. tuberculosis | sensitive | + | + | − |
2673 | + | M. kansasii | NA | − | + | NA |
2852 | + | MAC | NA | − | + | NA |
2834 | + | M. chelonae | NA | − | + | NA |
3013 | − | M. kansasii | NA | − | + | NA |
2993 | − | M. gordonii | NA | − | + | NA |
3009 | − | MAC | NA | − | + | NA |
8288 | − | negative | NA | − | − | NA |
8289 | − | negative | NA | − | − | NA |
8290 | − | negative | NA | − | − | NA |
