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J Clin Microbiol
; 44(8): 2967-9, 2006 Aug.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16891518
RESUMEN
Laboratory cross-contamination by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is known to be responsible for the misdiagnosis of tuberculosis, but its impact on other contexts has not been analyzed. We present the findings of a molecular epidemiology analysis in which the recent transmission events identified by a genotyping reference center were overestimated as a result of unnoticed laboratory cross-contamination in the original diagnostic laboratories.