Mycobacteriology
Mycobacteria species identification and susceptibility testing, especially for patients with multiply resistant pathogens, is beyond the routine testing available in most hospital laboratories. The Johns Hopkins Hospital Mycobacteriology Laboratory offers the following testing:
- Culture/smear
- Speciation
- Mycobacterial blood culture
- Routine susceptibility testing for M. tuberculosis
- Susceptibility testing for select non-specific mycobacteria upon request
- PCR for M. tuberculosis from smear positive respiratory (only) specimens
