False-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture revealed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Infection

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-191

  Schoch, O D ^a   Pfyffer, G E ^b   Buhl, D ^c   Paky, A ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institute for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; PARACETAMOL;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037777749     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-002-3060-7     Document Type: Article

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