Because of the similar symptoms and different growth conditions between<unk>  tuberculosis and<unk> , culture methods are unreliable for diagnosis. Molecular biology-based genotyping has improved identification. In particular, “spoligotyping” or “spacer oligonucleotide typing”, is a rapid polymerase chain reaction-based method for genotyping strains in the MTBC. Recently, lateral flow rapid tests have been developed based on the mpt64 antigen found in all members of the MTBC.<unk>  has a lower rate of progression from latency to active disease than M. tuberculosis.<unk>  tuberculosis is treated with an identical regime to tuberculosis caused by M. tuberculosis. The overall rate of cure is similar, but as more<unk>  patients are likely to be HIV positive, they may have higher mortality from other HIV-related disease.
Mycobacterium africanum
Mycobacterium orygis
Mycobacterium haemophilum
Mycobacterium canetti
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycoplasma orale
Mycoplasma incognitus
Mycoplasma pirum