False-positive results from cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis due to laboratory cross-contamination confirmed by restriction fragment length polymorphism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 988-991

  Bauer, Jeanett ^a   Thomsen, Vibeke Ø ^a   Poulsen, Sigrid ^a   Andersen, Åse B ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030989550     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.988-991.1997     Document Type: Article

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