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Home Our Specialties Pathology Pathology Lab Services SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING FOR M TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX HAIN MTBDR FOR FLUOROQUINOLONE AND AMINOGLYCOSIDE CYCLIC PEPTIDE

SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING FOR M. TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX – HAIN MTBDR FOR FLUOROQUINOLONE AND AMINOGLYCOSIDE/CYCLIC PEPTIDE

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Lab Section Category	Mycobacteriology View write-up
Specimen Required	For mycobacteria isolated in CTBL or in other laboratories. For referring laboratories, test name and isolate number must be specified on lab request form. Refer to SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF M. TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX for further shipping and packing instructions
Method	HAIN MTBDRsl, line-probe assay
Test Results	Presumptive susceptibility/resistance to fluoroquinolone & aminoglycoside/ cyclic peptide Mutation in gyrA and gyrB genes & rrs and eis genes leading fluoroquinolone & aminoglycoside/ cyclic peptide resistance not detected/ detected
Turnaround Time	2 - 7 days
Day(s) Test Set up	Thursday