Retrospective detection of laboratory cross-contamination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures with use of DNA fingerprint analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Braden, Christopher R ^a   Templeton, Gary L ^b   Stead, William W ^b   Bates, Joseph H ^b   Cave, M Donald ^b   Valway, Sarah E ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

EID: 0031029771     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.1.35     Document Type: Article

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