Aerosolized vaccine as an unexpected source of false-positive Bordetella pertussis PCR results

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 472-474

  Salimnia, Hossein ^a,b   Lephart, Paul R ^b   Asmar, Basim I ^b   Prebelich, Dawn ^b   Paulson, Erin ^b   Fairfax, Marilynn R ^a,b  

^a DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE DOSAGE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; NASAL LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHOOPING COUGH;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 84856149642     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01250-11     Document Type: Article

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