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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-7-17
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A 10-fold increase in patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-positive specimens in one hospital laboratory prompted an investigation. Clinical and epidemiological data, along with M tuberculosis DNA fingerprinting results, indicated that laboratory contamination led to nine false-positive M tuberculosis cultures. Pseudo-infection should be considered in patients with unusual tuberculosis presentations, negative acid-fast bacilli smears, and only one positive culture with a low colony count.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0899-823X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
19
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
345-7
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-19
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Cross Infection,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Diagnostic Errors,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Disease Outbreaks,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-False Positive Reactions,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Hospitals, General,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Molecular Epidemiology,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length,
pubmed-meshheading:9613697-Tuberculosis
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| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Pseudo-outbreak of tuberculosis in an acute-care general hospital: epidemiology and clinical implications.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Tuberculosis Control, Epidemiology and Disease Control Program, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore 21201, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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