Amplification of residual DNA sequences in sterile bronchoscopes leading to false-positive PCR results

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1949-1951

  Kaul, Karen ^a,c   Luke, Scott ^a   McGurn, Cindy ^a   Snowden, Nanette ^a   Monti, Catherine ^b   Fry, Willard A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029972983     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1949-1951.1996     Document Type: Article

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