Richards W D, Eacret W G
Appl Microbiol. 1972 Sep;24(3):318-22. doi: 10.1128/am.24.3.318-322.1972.
The mycobacterial agglutination-inhibition test (MAIT) is described as a modification of the mycobacterial agglutination of Schaefer (MATS). It is an organized assemblage of absorption and agglutination tests which is especially useful in the identification of Mycobacterium avium isolates normally excluded from serological identification because of unstable cell suspension characteristics. The identity of 100 unstable M. avium and 3 unstable Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates was determined by the MAIT method and by animal pathogenicity tests. The comparability of the MAIT and MATS methods was demonstrated by testing 10 stable M. avium and 10 stable M. intracellulare isolates by both methods and obtaining the same serological identification for each culture. The reproducibility of the MAIT was confirmed when the same result was obtained in three consecutive tests on each of the 123 cultures used in this evaluation.
分枝杆菌凝集抑制试验（MAIT）被描述为对舍费尔分枝杆菌凝集试验（MATS）的一种改良。它是吸收试验和凝集试验的有序组合，对于鉴定通常因细胞悬液特性不稳定而被血清学鉴定排除在外的鸟分枝杆菌分离株特别有用。通过MAIT方法和动物致病性试验确定了100株不稳定的鸟分枝杆菌和3株不稳定的胞内分枝杆菌分离株的身份。通过用两种方法对10株稳定的鸟分枝杆菌和10株稳定的胞内分枝杆菌分离株进行检测，并对每种培养物获得相同的血清学鉴定结果，证明了MAIT和MATS方法的可比性。当对本评估中使用的123种培养物中的每一种进行连续三次测试都得到相同结果时，证实了MAIT的可重复性。
