F. Lee, KE Simmon, G. Smith, and K. Hanson. Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, University of Utah, Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Poster presented during the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 2011. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Citation: "....  In this study we describe the spectrum of mycobacteria identified by 16S analysis in our laboratory over a 3 year period.  Methods:  Acid fast mycobacteria (AFB) submitted for ID between Nov 2007 and Nov 2010 were first tested with M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and M. avium complex (MAI) AccuProbes. Partial 16S sequence is generated for probe-negative isolates, which are compared to references using SmartGene IDNS software.  ..."