1 iversity and consisted almost exclusively of M. gordonae.

2 ts with M. kansasii, and 0% of patients with M. gordonae.

3 f 37) for M. kansasii, and 26% (9 of 35) for M. gordonae.

4 tes were identified as M. terrae complex and M. gordonae.

5  M. scofulaceum, M. phlei, M. smegmatis, and M. gordonae.

6 e cutoff was lowered to 10,000 RLU, 67 of 71 M. gordonae (94.4%) and 32 of 34 M. avium complex (94.1%

7 e bottles from clinical specimens containing M. gordonae and 34 containing M. avium, confirmed by cul

8  M. intracellulare complex, 3 M. kansasii, 4 M. gordonae, and 5 M. chelonae group (all were M. absces

9 t slow growers like M. kansasii, M. szulgai, M. gordonae, and M. asiaticum; however, in these samples

10  difference was recovery of more isolates of M. gordonae by ESP II.

11      The BACTEC 460 and the MB/BacT detected M. gordonae in four specimens, but only a single specime

12 racellulare, M. kansasii, M. chelonae group, M. gordonae, M. xenopi, and M. scrofulaceum.

13  for determining a positive result using the M. gordonae or M. avium complex probes when testing inst

14 specimens shown by culture to contain either M. gordonae or M. avium complex tested positive with the

15 spensions containing M. avium, M. fortuitum, M. gordonae, or M. marinum incubated with various concen

16          This difference was significant for M. gordonae (P = 0.004) but not for M. avium complex (P

17  containing M. avium complex tested with the M. gordonae probe was 97%.

18 bacterium tuberculosis, M. avium complex, or M. gordonae showed that 87% were identified by direct te

19 pecificity was 100% for specimens containing M. gordonae that were tested with the M. avium complex p

20 e significantly longer, the recovery rate of M. gordonae was significantly higher, and the number of

21 utoff, 55 of 71 (77.5%) specimens containing M. gordonae yielded positive results, whereas 28 of 34 (