Annals of Clinical Microbiology, The official Journal of the Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology

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Table 2. Performance of AdvanSure plus PCR in 200 mycobacterial strains.

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:105-116. Evaluation of the AdvanSure TB/NTM Plus Real-Time PCR Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Clinical Specimens Download table Culture AdvanSure Plus PCR MTC (n=97) MTC and NTM (n=7) NTM(n=96) MTC 97 3 0 NTM 0 4 96     M. abscessus 0 0 14   […]

Table 1. Frequency of Mycobacterium species in this study

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:105-116. Evaluation of the AdvanSure TB/NTM Plus Real-Time PCR Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Clinical Specimens Download table Species No. % MTC 100 50.0 NTM 100 50.0     M. abscessus 14 6.2     M. avium species 28 12.4     M. kansasii 4 […]

Table 6. Diagnostic accuracy of three real-time PCR assays for NTM detection stratified by AFB smear results (n=261)

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:93-104. Evaluation of Diagnostic Performance of Three Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Mycobacteria Species Download table Parameter AFB smear AdvanSure Genedia PowerChek Result 95% CI Result 95% CI Result 95% CI Sensitivity (%) Positive 90.9 70.8-98.9 54.6 32.2-75.6 95.5 77.2-99.9 Negative 40.0 5.3-85.3 0.0 0.0-52.2 60.0 14.7-94.7 Total 81.5 61.9-93.7 […]

Table 5. Diagnostic accuracy of three real-time PCR assays for the MTB detection stratified by AFB smear results (n=261)

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:93-104. Evaluation of Diagnostic Performance of Three Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Mycobacteria Species Download table Parameter AFB smear AdvanSure Genedia PowerChek Result 95% CI Result 95% CI Result 95% CI Sensitivity (%) Positive 98.4 91.5-100.0 96.8 89.0-99.6 98.4 91.5-100.0 Negative 0.0 0.0-79.3 0.0 0.0-79.3 0.0 0.0-79.3 Total 96.9 89.2-99.6 […]

Fig. 4. Representative results of disk diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in KPC-2 producing K. pneumoniae isolates exhibiting pulsotype B (ST307). (A) shows results of zone diameter for 12 antibiotics on MH 150 Ø agar, (B) shows results of zone diameter for remaining 6 antibiotics on MH 90 Ø agar, and (C) is results of antimicrobial susceptibility. R, resistant; I, intermediate; S, susceptible.

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:81-92. Epidemiological Study of an Outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Tertiary Hospital in Korea Download image

Fig. 3. Representative results of disk diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in KPC-2 producing K. pneumoniae isolates exhibiting pulsotype A (ST395). (A) shows results of zone diameter for 12 antibiotics on MH 150 Ø agar, (B) shows results of zone diameter for remaining 6 antibiotics on MH 90 Ø agar, and (C) is results of antimicrobial susceptibility. R, resistant; I, intermediate; S, susceptible.

Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:81-92. Epidemiological Study of an Outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Tertiary Hospital in Korea Download image