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SUBMITTER: Richter E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1479216 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Richter Elvira E Rüsch-Gerdes Sabine S Hillemann Doris D
Journal of clinical microbiology 20060501 5
A new commercially available DNA strip assay (GenoType Mycobacterium CM/AS; Hain Lifescience, Nehren, Germany) was evaluated for the ability to differentiate mycobacterial species. The test is based on a PCR technique targeting a 23S rRNA gene region, followed by reverse hybridization and line probe technology. The GenoType CM is capable of identifying 23, the GenoType AS a further 14, species either alone or in combination with one or more species. Both tests were evaluated with 156 mycobacteri ...[more]