Breza Thomas S, Magill James M, Fanaian Na'im K, Ramos-Caro Francisco A
Department of Dermatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
South Med J. 2011 Jan;104(1):61-3. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181fe42a7.
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.
