False-positive amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test results for samples containing Mycobacterium leprae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 612-613

  Chedore, Pam ^a   Broukhanski, George ^a   Shainhouse, Zev ^b   Jamieson, Frances ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^b SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIED MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DIRECT TEST; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SKIN BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 32344435098     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.612-613.2006     Document Type: Article

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