Mycobacterial Typing Systems: The Good, the Bad and the Unattainable

James A. O’Connor¹, Brigid Lucey¹, Jim O’Mahony¹, Brendan O’Reilly², Daniel Corcoran² and Aidan Coffey^1*

¹Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland

²Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostics Directorate, Cork University Hospital, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland

^*Corresponding Author: Aidan Coffey, Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland, Tel: +353-21-4335486 Email:

Introduction