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Electronic Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases ›› 2022, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2): 47-51.doi: 10.19871/j.cnki.xfcrbzz.2022.02.010

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Evaluation of GenoType Mycobacterium CM for the rapid identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria

Zhu Yumei, Zhong Yuquan, Li Jinli, Wu Likai, Wang Feng   

  1. Central Laboratory, Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Guangdong Shenzhen 518020, China
  • Received:2021-12-14 Online:2022-05-31 Published:2022-07-07

Abstract: Objective To study and evaluate the GenoType Mycobacterium CM for rapid identification of NTM. Method A total of 3420 Mycobacterium positive cultures were collected from 2017 to 2018 in Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control, Guangming District People's Hospital and Yantian District People's Hospital. After initial detection of GenoType MTBDRplus and elimination of the duplicate samples of patients, 127 cultures were screened out for further NTM identification through GenoType Mycobacterium CM and PCR sequencing (16S rRNA and ITS). The PCR sequencing results were used as the "gold standard" to evaluate the results of GenoType Mycobacterium CM. Result Among 127 NTM strains, there were 47 M.abscessus strains (37.0%), 20 M.fortuitum strains (15.8%), 18 M.intracellularstrains (14.2%), 11 M.gordonae strains (8.7%), 8 M.kansasii strains (6.3%), 7 M.avium strains (5.5%), 6 M.lentiflavum strains (4.7%), and 2 M.chimaera strains (1.6%), 1 M.xenopi strain (0.8%), 1 M.scrofulaceum strain (0.8%), 1 M.peregrinum strain (0.8%), 1 M.terraestrain (0.8%), 1 M.cosmeticum strain (0.8%), 1 M.kumamotonense strain (0.8%) and 1 M.dioxanotrophicus strain (0.8%). Compared with sequencing results, all 127 strains of NTM were detected by GenoType Mycobacterium CM, and 112 strains (112/127, 88.2%) could be accurately identified, 2 strains (2/127, 1.6%) could not be distinguished as M.intracellular or M.intracellular, 12 strains (12/127, 9.4%) were beyond the identification range of the kit, and 1 M.peregrinum strain (1/127, 0.8%) was incorrectly identified. Conclusion GenoType Mycobacterium CM can quickly and accurately identify common NTM, but its scope of strain identification is limited and can not fully meet the needs of clinical NTM identification.

Key words: Non-tuberculous mycobacterium, Line probe, Gene sequencing, Identification