@article{7017,
  keywords = {Adult, Diagnostic Errors, False Positive Reactions, Humans, leprosy, Lymph Nodes, Male, Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques, polymerase chain reaction, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary},
  author = {Chedore P and Broukhanski G and Shainhouse Z and Jamieson F},
  title = {False-positive amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test results for samples containing Mycobacterium leprae.},
  abstract = {<p>Nucleic acid amplification tests are widely used in mycobacteriology laboratories to rapidly detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex directly in clinical specimens. A positive result provides an early diagnosis of tuberculosis, allowing initiation of appropriate therapy and public health measures.</p>},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Journal of clinical microbiology},
  volume = {44},
  pages = {612-3},
  month = {2006 Feb},
  issn = {0095-1137},
  url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1392654/pdf/2016-05.pdf},
  doi = {10.1128/JCM.44.2.612-613.2006},
  language = {eng},
}