Misidentification and Diagnostic Delay Caused by a False-Positive Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Mycobacterium celatum Infection

The Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test can give discrepant results directly in respiratory or cultured samples from patients infected with Mycobacterium celatum, leading to inappropriate therapy for, in our case, an immunocompetent patient.

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Main Authors: Tjhie, Jeroen H. T., van Belle, Arne F., Dessens-Kroon, Mirjam, van Soolingen, Dick
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: American Society for Microbiology 2001
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88133/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11376079
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.6.2311-2312.2001
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