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Home Our Specialties Pathology Pathology Lab Services ID AND ST FOR NTM – HAIN GENOTYPE NTM-DR FOR M AVIUM CPX, M ABSCESSUS-CHELONAE CPX; MACROLIDE AND AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANCE

ID AND ST FOR NTM – HAIN GENOTYPE NTM-DR FOR M AVIUM CPX, M ABSCESSUS-CHELONAE CPX; MACROLIDE AND AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANCE

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Specimen Required For mycobacteria isolated in CTBL or in other laboratories. For referring laboratories, the test name and isolate number must be specified on lab request form.
Only for suspected or known M. avium complex (MAC) and M. abscessus-chelonae complex isolates. Refer to IDENTIFICATION OF M. BOVIS BCG AND NTM for further shipping and packing instructions.
Method

​HAIN NTM-DR, line-probe assay
Test Results

​Mycobacteria species identified:

1. MAC: M. avium, M. intracellulare, M. chimaera 

2. M.abscessus-chelonae complex: M. chelonae, M. abscessus subsp. abscessus, M. abscessus subsp. massiliense, M. abscessus subsp. bolletii

Presumptive susceptibility/resistance to macrolide & aminoglycoside

Mutation in erm(41) and rrl genes & rrs gene leading to macrolide & aminoglycoside resistance not detected/detected
Turnaround Time

​2 – 7 days
Day(s) Test Set up

​Thursday

Change History Notes

  • 25 Nov 2020 11:15 AM

    ​New test page created

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Last Updated - 13 Jun 2025

 

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