Comparison of culture and culture-free methods for comprehensive identification of mycobacteria: a single center prospective study

Comparison of culture and culture-free methods for comprehensive identification of mycobacteria: a single center prospective study - Effectiveness of Culture-Free Methods for Detecting Mycobacteria

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000058129

Enrollment

125

Registered

2025-06-10

Start date

2023-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients were eligible if they had suspected or confirmed nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease, or if they had other non-NTM respiratory diseases and provided sputum samples for diagnostic evaluation at Osaka Toneyama Medical Center.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Accuracy of culture-free methods for subspecies-Level identification of mycobacteria compared to culture methods	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKazuki Hashimoto

Osaka Toneyama Medical Center Department of Respiratory Medicine

k.hashimoto@imed3.med.osaka-u.ac.jp06-6879-3831

Outcome results