A Case of False-Positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium celatum

Mycobacterium celatum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium shown to cause symptoms similar to pulmonary M. tuberculosis. Certain strains have been shown to cross-react with the probes used to detect M. tuberculosis, making this a diagnostic challenge. We present a 56-year-old gentleman who developed si...

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Autores principales: Gildeh, Edward, Abdel-Rahman, Zaid, Sengupta, Ruchira, Johnson, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1761923

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1761923

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