Molecular evidence of false-positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Taiwanese hospital with a high incidence of TB

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Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1065-1070

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Tan, Che Kim ^b   Lin, Sheng Hsiang ^c   Liao, Chun Hsing ^d   Chou, Chien Hong ^e   Huang, Yu Tsung ^e   Hsueh, Po Ren ^e  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOLIGOTYPING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; TANDEM REPEAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77951819188     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-1878     Document Type: Article

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