Procurement and logistics of immunochromatographic tests for identification of bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in positive culture isolates in national TB reference laboratories of 15 high endemic countries.

NRL: national TB reference laboratory, ICT: immunochromatographic test, Y: Yes, N: No, DNK: Did not know, n.a.: not applicable, Room: Room temperature, Tauns: Capilia TB assay (Tauns, Japan), SD: TB Ag MPT64 Rapid assay (SD Bio Standard Diagnostic, India/South Korea), BD: BD MGITTM TBc Identification Test (BD Diagnostics, USA).1List of countries eligible for negotiated pricing schemes for immunochromatic speciation tests as shown on the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) website (http://www.finddiagnostics.org/about/what_we_do/successes/find-negotiated-prices/bactec-mgit.html).2Also mentioned Genotype MTBDRplus (Hain, Germany) and GeneXpert (Cepheid, USA).3Mentioned AccuProbe (GenProbe, USA).