Misidentification of Mycobacterium leprae as Mycobacterium intracellulare by the COBAS AMPLICOR M. intracellulare Test

Commercially available nucleic acid probe- and amplification-based systems for detection and differentiation of mycobacteria are widely used in clinical microbiology laboratories. Here we report two cases of human leprosy in which the COBAS AMPLICOR Mycobacterium intracellulare test led to false- po...

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Autori principali: Lefmann, M., Moter, A., Schweickert, B., Göbel, U. B.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2005
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1081340/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15815021
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.4.1928-1929.2005
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