Rapid detection of laboratory cross-contamination with <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>using multispacer sequence typing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The ability to culture <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>from clinical specimens serves as the gold standard for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. However, a number of false-positive diagnoses may be due to cross-contamina...

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Main Authors: Orehek Jean, Drancourt Michel, Djelouadji Zoheira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/47