Epidemiologic surveillance to detect false-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-349

  Lee, Meng Rui ^a,b   Chung, Kuei Pin ^a   Chen, Wei Ting ^c   Huang, Yu Tsung ^a   Lee, Li Na ^a   Yu, Chong Jen ^a   Teng, Lee Jene ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a   Luh, Kwen Tay ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

False positive culture; Multidrug resistant; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pseudo outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ISONIAZID; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FALSE POSITIVE CULTURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863777064     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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