Species identification and drug susceptibility testing of non-tuberculous mycobacteria by Line Probe Assay in Lambaréné, Gabon—a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Distribution of banding pattern and NTM species among 146 presumptive TB patients analysed

Band pattern CM/AS^a	Band pattern NTM-DR^b	Species	Frequency (%)
1,2,3,9	SP2	M. intracellulare	53 (36.3)
1,2,3,4	SP1	M. avium	27(18. 5)
1,2,3,5,10	SP4,SP5	M. chelonae	17 (11.8)
1,2,3,5,6,10	SP4,SP5,SP6,SP9,SP10	M. abscessus. subsp. abscessus	20 (13.6)
1,2,3,5,6,10	SP5,SP6,SP7,SP9,SP10	M. abscessus. subsp. bolletii	08 (05.4)
1,2,3,5,6,10	SP4,SP5,SP8,SP9,	M. abscessus. subsp. massiliense	10 (07.0)
1,2,3,4,9	NA	M. intracellulare/M. avium	03 (02.0)
1,2,3,5,6,9,10	NA	M. abscessus/M. intracellulare	03 (02.0)
1,2,3,4,5,6,10	NA	M. intracellulare/M. avium	03 (02.0)
1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10	NA	M. abscessus/M. fortuitum	02 (01.4)

CM/AS Common species /associate species, SP Specific probes, NTM Non tuberculous mycobacteria, DR Drug resistance, NA Not applicable, TB tuberculosis, M. Mycobacterium
^aFirst NTM species identification
^bSubspecies identification of MABC and MAC and drug resistance

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