Ann Clin Microbiol 2025;28(3):16. Current status of mycobacterial identification in clinical laboratories in Korea
| Methods | No. | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFB smear (n = 238) | Ziehl–Neelsen | 127 | 53.4 |
| Fluorochrome | 110 | 46.2 | |
| Kinyoun | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Culture – solid media (n = 123) | Ogawa | 115 | 93.5 |
| Lowenstein-Jensen | 8 | 6.5 | |
| Culture – liquid media (n = 117) | MGIT | 109 | 93.2 |
| BacT/ALERT | 7 | 6.0 | |
| Others | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Identification (n = 67) | PCR | 31 | 46.3 |
| Rapid Ag Test | 25 | 37.3 | |
| DNA probe | 8 | 11.9 | |
| MALDI-TOF | 1 | 1.5 | |
| HPLC | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Sequencing | 1 | 1.5 |
Cited from a report by the Korea Association of External Quality Assessment Services on acid-fast bacilli testing in Korea [15].
Abbreviations: AFB, acid-fast bacilli; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; MALDI-TOF, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography.