Cross-contamination of specimens with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Clinical significance, causes, and prevention

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 324-330

  Bhattacharya, Mondira ^a,b   Dietrich, Stephen ^c   Mosher, Laura ^c   Siddiqui, Farida ^b   Reisberg, Boris E ^a,b   Paul, William S ^d   Warren, John R ^a,b,e  

^a Vet Affairs Lakeside Medical Center

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Specimen cross contamination; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031912124     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.3.324     Document Type: Article

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