A prospective, multicenter study of laboratory cross-contamination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1260-1263

  Jasmer, Robert M ^a   Roemer, Marguerite ^b   Hamilton, John ^c   Bunter, John ^d   Braden, Christopher R ^e   Shinnick, Thomas M ^e   Desmond, Edward P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Solano County Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

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

^f CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 0036847729     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0811.020298     Document Type: Article

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