Investigation of species distribution of nontuberculosis mycobacteria isolated from sputum samples in patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis.

Aims: Rapid and accurate identification of mycobacteria is important for the species-specific treatment of the disease. The aim of this study was the identification at the species level of 34 nontuberculous mycobacteria strains isolated from respiratory tract samples and 14 reference strains as by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method.

Materials And Methods: Isolates derived from clinical specimens were subcultured in the Lowenstein-Jensen medium.

Multicenter evaluation of AYC.2.2 agar for the isolation of mycobacteria from clinical samples.

Purpose: The aim of this multicenter study is to evaluate AYC.2.2 agar for the isolation of mycobacteria from clinical samples.

[Using of the Sensititre MycoTB Plate Method for the Detection of Anti-tuberculous Drug Susceptibility of Rifampin Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates].

Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) are the causative agents of tuberculosis (TB). Rifampin resistance in the clinical isolates of MTBC is an important indicator for multidrug resistant-TB (MDR-TB) cases. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate whether the Sensititre MycoTB plaque method is suitable for the routine use in determining drug susceptibility of rifampin resistant MTBC strains.

Optimization of isothermal amplification method for Mycobacteriumtuberculosisdetection and visualization method for fieldwork.

Background/aim: Tuberculosis is still one of the most contagious diseases around the world. Key factors of tuberculosis control are rapid diagnostic, efficient treatment, and prevention of contamination by surveillance and monitoring. However, culture is the gold standard method for laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis; the results are several weeks to obtain.

[Frequently Isolated Slow Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Pulmonary Samples and Evaluation of Drug Susceptibility Testing Results in a Referral Hospital in Turkey].

Most of the nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms and free-living in nature. NTM can cause a wide range of infections. However, pulmonary NTM disease is the most frequent clinical picture.