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However, traditional method is time-consuming and cannot discriminate isolated non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) at species level. In the retrospective study, we evaluated the clinical applicability of PCR-reverse blot hybridization assay (PCR-REBA Myco-ID) with clinical specimens for rapid detection and differentiation of mycobacterial species.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 334 sputum and 362 bronchial alveolar lavage fluids (BALF) from 696 patients with mycobacterium pulmonary disease (MPD) and 210 patients with non-mycobacterium pulmonary disease used as controls were analyzed. Sputum or BALF were obtained for MGIT 960-TBc ID test and PCR-REBA Myco-ID assay. High resolution melt analysis (HRM) was used to resolve inconsistent results of MGIT 960-TBc ID test and PCR-REBA Myco-ID assay.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 334 sputum and 362 BALF specimens from 696 MPD patients (292 MTB and 404 NTM) were eventually analyzed. In total, 292 MTBC and 436 NTM isolates (mixed infection of two species in 32 specimens) across 10 Mycobacterium species were identified. The most frequently isolated NTM species were\n                      <jats:italic>M. intracellulare<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u2009236, 54.1%), followed by\n                      <jats:italic>M. abscessus<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u2009106, 24.3%),\n                      <jats:italic>M. kansasii<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u200946, 10.6%),\n                      <jats:italic>M. avium<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u200936, 8.3%). Twenty-two cases had\n                      <jats:italic>M. intracellulare<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>M. abscessus<\/jats:italic>\n                      mixed infection and ten cases had\n                      <jats:italic>M. avium<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>M. abscessus<\/jats:italic>\n                      mixed infection. A high level of agreement (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u2009696; 94.5%) was found between MGIT 960-TBc ID and PCR-REBA Myco-ID (\n                      <jats:italic>k<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u20090.845,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u20090.000). PCR-REBA Myco-ID assay had higher AUC for both MTBC and NTM than MGIT 960-TBc ID test.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PCR-REBA Myco-ID has the advantages of rapid, comparatively easy to perform, relatively low cost and superior accuracy in mycobacterial species identification compared with MGIT 960-TBc ID. 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