A Case of False-Positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium celatum

Mycobacterium celatum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium shown to cause symptoms similar to pulmonary M. tuberculosis. Certain strains have been shown to cross-react with the probes used to detect M. tuberculosis, making this a diagnostic challenge. We present a 56-year-old gentleman who developed si...

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Pubblicato in:Case Rep Infect Dis
Autori principali: Gildeh, Edward, Abdel-Rahman, Zaid, Sengupta, Ruchira, Johnson, Laura
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118513/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895946
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1761923
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