Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:21-31. Frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Among M. tuberculosis Complex Strains Isolated from Clinical Specimen

Table 4. PCR-based MTB complex typing
Organisms (No.)PCR-based MTB complex typing
Rv0577IS1561Rv1510 (RD4)Rv1970 (RD7)Rv3877/8 (RD1)Rv3120 (RD12)Rv2073c (RD9)
MTB H37Rv+++++++
M. bovis AN5+++
M. bovis*+++
M. bovis BCG++
M. africanum+++++
Isolates (3)†+++++++
Isolates (7)‡+++++++

*Isolate from cattle.
†Isolates were positive in Advansure Mycobacterium Genoblot Assay but negative in M. tuberculosis specific real-time PCR.
‡Pyrazinamide-resistant strains.
Abbreviation: MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; IS, insertion sequence; RD, region of difference; BCG, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin.