| Autor: |
I, Rajalahti, P, Vuorinen, R, Järvenpää, M M, Nieminen |
| Rok vydání: |
2003 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 7(2) |
| ISSN: |
1027-3719 |
| Popis: |
To evaluate detection of false-positive sputum amplification assay results in former tuberculosis patients with residual pulmonary scars.A total of 268 sputum specimens from 25 war veterans with tuberculosis during 1940-1959, without adequate chemotherapy, and 19 subjects effectively treated for cavitary tuberculosis during 1980-1993 were tested by smear, culture and DNA amplification, as were 34 controls with no history of tuberculosis or pulmonary scars.No active tuberculosis cases were identified. All specimens were negative on DNA amplification and smear. Eight specimens from six subjects were positive on culture, revealing atypical mycobacteria.No genetic Mycobacterium tuberculosis material in sputum specimens of subjects with residual lesions of pulmonary tuberculosis and no false-positive amplification results were detected. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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