Misidentification of Mycobacterium leprae as Mycobacterium intracellulare by the COBAS AMPLICOR M. intracellulare test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1928-1929

  Lefmann, M ^a,b   Moter, A ^a   Schweickert, B ^a   Gobel U B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Inst F Med Mikrobiol am H   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 16844377565     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1928-1929.2005     Document Type: Article

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