Misidentification and Diagnostic Delay Caused by a False-Positive Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Mycobacterium celatum Infection
Open Access
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (6) , 2311-2312
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.6.2311-2312.2001
Abstract
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.Keywords
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