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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2006

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

Pam Chedore, George Broukhanski, Zev Shainhouse, Frances Jamieson

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Pam ChedoreMinistry of Health and Long-Term Care, Public Health Laboratories Branch, TB and Mycobacteriology, 81 Resources Road, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P 3T1, Canada. pam.chedore@moh.gov.on.ca
George Broukhanski
Zev Shainhouse
Frances Jamieson

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic acid amplification tests are widely used in mycobacteriology laboratories to rapidly detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex directly in clinical specimens. A positive result provides an early diagnosis of tuberculosis, allowing initiation of appropriate therapy and public health measures.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ErrorsAdultFalse Positive ReactionsHumansLeprosyLymph NodesMaleMycobacterium lepraeMycobacterium tuberculosisNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPolymerase Chain ReactionTuberculosis, Pulmonary

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PMID16455924
PMCPMC1392654

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