AFB Test Service

AFB: Level 1 – qPCR Panel: Non tuberculosis Mycobacterium Identification

Resistance Genes

• Aminoglycoside resistance
• Macrolide resistance

Bacteria:

• Mycobacterium avium complex (Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intercellulare)
• Mycobacterium abscessus group (Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliensis)

Level 2 – Next-Gen Comprehensive DNA Sequencing for detection of Mycobacterium species along with these related species: Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Gordona, Tsukamurella, Streptomyces, Actinomyces.

*New York will only run qPCR for gene resistance followed by NGS for detection of Mycobacterium species along with these species: Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Gordona, Tsukamurella, Streptomyces, Actinomyces.