Retrospective and prospective evaluation of the FluoroType®-Mycobacteria VER 1.0 assay for the identification of mycobacteria from cultures in a French center.
Lisa PiaseckiCharlotte GenestetYvonne BenitoJean-Philippe RasigadeGérard LinaOana DumitrescuElisabeth HodillePublished in: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology (2024)
The good performance of the FluoroType®-Mycobacteria-VER 1.0 kit with few major discrepancies could enable its use for first-line identification of positive mycobacteria cultures. However, an alternative identification method at least for reference laboratories is needed owing to the non-negligible proportion of NTM strains were identified at genus level.
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