Rifampicin causes false-positive immunoassay results for urine opiates

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-243

  De Paula, Marta ^a   Saiz, Luis C ^a   González Revaldería, Joaquín ^a   Pascual, Tomás ^a   Alberola, Carmen ^a   Miravalles, Elena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross reactions; Immunoassay; Opiates; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; KINETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MICROSPHERES; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031831332     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.041     Document Type: Article

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