A Prospective, Multicenter Study of Laboratory Cross-Contamination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cultures

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jasmer, Robert M. ; Roemer, Marguerite ; Hamilton, John ; Bunter, John ; Braden, Christopher R. ; Shinnick, Thomas M. ; Desmond, Edward P.
• Description:
  A prospective study of false-positive cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that resulted from laboratory cross-contamination was conducted at three laboratories in California. Laboratory cross-contamination accounted for 2% of the positive cultures. Cross-contamination should be a concern when an isolate matches the genotype of another sample processed during the same period.
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Typing Techniques Diagnostic Errors Dispatch DNA, Bacterial DNA Fingerprinting Equipment Contamination False Positive Reactions Humans Laboratories Laboratory Cross-contamination Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length RFLP Typing Specimen Handling Tuberculosis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(11):1260-1263.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:047ed755c9f7d44989feb52b884c938f584413c115404c6e1dd95325c4e3639b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14030/cdc_14030_DS1.pdf
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