Cross-contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An epidemiological and laboratory investigation

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 500-503

  Nivin, Beth ^a,d   Fujiwara, Paula I ^a,b   Hannifin, John ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^c  

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

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

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

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0032113451     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141398     Document Type: Article

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