Misidentification and diagnostic delay caused by a false-positive amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test in an immunocompetent patient with a Mycobacterium celatum infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2311-2312

  Tjhie, J H T ^a   Van Belle, A F ^a   Dessens Kroon, M ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA PROBES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034994813     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2311-2312.2001     Document Type: Article

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