METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIATING AND IDENTIFYING MAI ($i(MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE)) AND TESTING THE SAME FOR ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY

摘要

A speciation process and identifying MAI in a sample involves placing a paraffin coated slide in a receptacle containing a sterile aqueous solution in which the sample was inoculated, analyzing the slide after exposure to the sample to determining the presence or absence of atypical mycobacteria, and after the step of analyzing, if it is determined the presence of atypical mycobacteria, to make at least one speciation analysis to determine if atypical mycobacteria are MAY. The invention also relates to a related Camera working speciation and identifying MAI in a specimen comprising a paraffin coated slide-wax, a tube containing a sterile aqueous solution, said tube being adapted to hold the blade, so that at least one speciation assay means to carry out an analysis to determine the presence or absence of MAI in the sample, after introduction of the latter into the tube containing the solution and the blade. The invention also relates to an apparatus and method for determining the sensitivity of MAI to different antibiotics and dosages thereof.