Sikes, B. Metchock; CDC, Atlanta, GA. D-738 Choi M. Mastroianni VinnardE

94 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS September 9-12 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 091 D Poster Session Mycobacteria: Diagnostics and Susceptibility Testing Monday, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halls A-C Presentations: D-732 Use of RT-PCR for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex DNA

M. Rowlinson

1 , S. R. Crowe 1 , Y. Lee 1 , P. Fiorella 1 , R. Farah 1 , M. Pedrosa 1 , M. Salfinger 2 ; 1 Florida Dept. of Hlth., Jacksonville, FL, 2 Florida Dept. of Hlth., Tallahassee, FL. D-733 Comparative Evaluation of Conventional Methods and Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis of Extra- Pulmonary Tuberculosis

S. Sharma; Sgrdimsar, Amritsar, India. D-734

Comparative Evaluation of Advansure Mycobacteria Genoblot Assay Kit for the Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria to the Species Level

H. Bae, G. Ryu, E. Lee; Green Cross Reference Lab., Yongin, Korea, Repub- lic of.

D-735 Rapid Species Identification of Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium abscessus Complex and Determination of Inducible Clarithromycin Resistance by High Resolution Melt Analysis HRM M. J. Tuohy, G. S. Hall, G. W. Procop, S. M. Harrington; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. D-736 Evaluation of the TREK MIC MicroTiter Plate Method for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates C. Tanner 1 , P. Miles 1 , M. Rowlinson 1 , S. Crowe 1 , D. Willis 1 , M. Salfinger 2 ; 1 Bureau of Lab., Florida Dept. of Hlth., Jacksonville, FL, 2 Bureau of Lab., Florida Dept. of Hlth., Tallahassee, FL. D-737 Comparison of a Commercial MTB MIC Plate, Agar Propor- tion Method, and DNA Sequence Analysis for Detection of Resis- tance to Isoniazid, Rifampin, and Ethambutol in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

D. Sikes, B. Metchock; CDC, Atlanta, GA. D-738

Drug Susceptibility Testing and Genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Extra-Pulmonary Clinical Specimens of Bangladesh Withdrawn D-739 Conversion of CO to CO2 by CO Dehydrogenase as a Highly Selective Stable Isotope Breath Test Marker for Tuberculosis Diagnosis

S. Choi

1 , M. Maiga 2 , M. Maiga 2 , V. Atudorei 1 , Z. Sharp 1 , W. Bishai 2 , G. Timmins 1 ; 1 Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2 Johns Hopkins Hosp., Baltimore, MD. D-740 Mycobacterial IGRA Variations in Long-Term Treated Patients with TNF Blockers are not Associated with Tuberculosis Outcome I. Sauzullo 1 , R. Scrivo 1 , F. Mengoni 1 , R. Marocco 2 , G. Valesini 1 , V. Vullo 1 , C. M. Mastroianni 2 ; 1 Sapienza Univ., Rome, Italy, 2 Sapienza Univ., Latina, Italy. D-741 Diagnostic Usefulness of a T-Cell-Based Assay in Patients with Miliary Tuberculosis TB Y. Lee, K. Park, S. Kim, S. Park, S. Lee, S. Choi, Y. Kim, J. Woo, S. Kim; Asan Med. Ctr., Seoul, Korea, Republic of. D-742 Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis in Subjects with Discordant TSTIGRA Results I. Sauzullo 1 , A. Ermocida 1 , F. Mengoni 1 , R. Rossi 1 , M. Lichtner 2 , V. Vullo 1 ,

C. M. Mastroianni

2 ; 1 Sapienza Univ., Rome, Italy, 2 Sapienza Univ., Latina, Italy. D-743 Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Epidemiological, Molecular and Circulating Cytokines Markers J. Fortun, P. Martin-Davila, E. Gomez-Mampaso, A. Vallejo, I. Barbolla, P. Wikman, J. Ortíz, E. Navas, D. Gijon, I. Gomez-Garcia, A. Gonzalez, J. Rubi, E. Pallares, S. Moreno; Ramon Y Cajal Hosp., Madrid, Spain. D-744 Approach to Latent Tuberculosis Among Occupational Health Providers

C. VinnardE

1 , D. LinkinE 2 , A. Behrman 2 ; 1 Drexel Univ. Coll. of Med., Philadelphia, PA, 2 Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 092 D Poster Session Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods Monday, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halls A-C Presentations: D-745 Evaluation of Two Etest MBL Strips for Detection of Metallo- Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae

D. Halimi