Volume 11, Number 8—August 2005
Research
Spoligotyping and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Table 3
Time required for obtaining results with clinical specimens by spoligotyping compared with 3 other methods*
Procedure | Days required, median (range) |
---|---|
Spoligotyping | 6 (1–26) |
Culture confirmation | 28 (6–64) |
Susceptibility testing | 37 (23–81) |
RFLP typing | 75 (24–160) |
* RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism.