Abstract
A cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis sputum isolates led to the detection of specimen contamination in a hospital mycobacteriology laboratory. Thirteen specimens were smear negative but culture positive from one specimen only; 12 appeared to be contaminated. Each of these specimens was processed in the same batch as one or more smear- and culture-positive isolates. Molecular analysis confirmed the traditional epidemiologic, laboratory, and clinical methods of evaluating presumed mycobacterial contamination.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1017-1019 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
-
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Specimen contamination in mycobacteriology laboratory detected by pseudo-outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Analysis by routine epidemiology and confirmation by molecular technique'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Standard
- Harvard
- Vancouver
- Author
- BIBTEX
- RIS