Laboratory Errors and the Misdiagnosis of Tuberculosis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 277, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 882-

  Kaye, Katherine ^a   Nivin, Beth ^a   Munsiff, Sonal ^a   Fujiwara, Paula I ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031002641     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540350032021     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Nitta AT, Davidson PT, de Koning ML, Kilman RJ. Misdiagnosis of multidrugresistant tuberculosis possibly due to laboratory-related errors. JAMA. 1996;276:1980-1983.