The limitations of polymerase chain reaction in the setting of possible recurrent tuberculosis: 2 instructional cases

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Schulz, Thomas R.;Street, Alan C.;McBryde, Emma S.
Emma McBryde
Abstract

The interpretation of a positive result for Mycobacterium tuberculosis by nucleic acid amplification such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be challenging. We present 2 cases that illustrate the limitations of tuberculosis PCR on respiratory secretions in previously treated patients, even years after the previous disease episode.

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Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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68

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1879-0070

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3

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Elsevier

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10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.07.022