Diagnostic Tests for Mycobacterial Pathogens

Microorganism

Microscopy

Culture

NAAT

Antigen Detection

Antibody Detection

Nontuberculous

✓*

Tuberculosis and ulcerans

Mycobacterium leprae

Adapted from Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition. Elsevier, 2020.

* Test not widely available in clinical practice.

NAAT=Nucleic Acid Amplification Test