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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Jasmer, Robert M. ; Roemer, Marguerite ; Hamilton, John ; Bunter, John ; Braden, Christopher R. ; ... More +
Jasmer, Robert M. ; Roemer, Marguerite ; Hamilton, John ; Bunter, John ; Braden, Christopher R. ; Shinnick, Thomas M. ; Desmond, Edward P. ; Less -
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.
Subject:
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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
DNA Fingerprinting

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 8(11):1260-1263. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:047ed755c9f7d44989feb52b884c938f584413c115404c6e1dd95325c4e3639b
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