TY - JOUR
KW - Aged
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - False Positive Reactions
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KW - Tuberculin Test
KW - Tuberculosis, Cutaneous
KW - Young Adult
AU - Breza T
AU - Magill J
AU - Fanaian NK
AU - Ramos-Caro FA
AB - <p>The amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M tuberculosis) direct test (MTD) is reported to be a highly sensitive (92.6%) and specific (100%) test for the detection of M tuberculosis. We report two cases of human leprosy in which false-positive amplified MTD testing on skin biopsies led to initial misdiagnoses of cutaneous M tuberculosis.</p>
BT - Southern medical journal
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21119554?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2011 Jan
DO - 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181fe42a7
IS - 1
J2 - South. Med. J.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M tuberculosis) direct test (MTD) is reported to be a highly sensitive (92.6%) and specific (100%) test for the detection of M tuberculosis. We report two cases of human leprosy in which false-positive amplified MTD testing on skin biopsies led to initial misdiagnoses of cutaneous M tuberculosis.</p>
PY - 2011
SP - 61
EP - 3
T2 - Southern medical journal
TI - False-positive amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct tests in skin specimens of leprosy.
VL - 104
SN - 1541-8243
ER -