Specimen contamination in mycobacteriology laboratory detected by pseudo-outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Analysis by routine epidemiology and confirmation by molecular technique

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1017-1019

  Wurtz, Rebecca ^a,b,e   Demarais, Patricia ^b   Trainor, William ^a   Mcauley, James ^b,c   Kocka, Frank ^a   Mosher, Laura ^d   Dietrich, Steven ^d  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Chicago Department of Health   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^e EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0029985480     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.1017-1019.1996     Document Type: Article

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