Wurtz R, Demarais P, Trainor W, McAuley J, Kocka F, Mosher L, Dietrich S
J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Apr;34(4):1017-9. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.1017-1019.1996.
A cluster of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis sputum isolates led to the detection of specimen contamination in a hospital mycobacteriology laboratory. Thirteen specimens were smear negative but culture positive from one specimen only; 12 appeared to be contaminated. Each of these specimens was processed in the same batch as one or more smear- and culture-positive isolates. Molecular analysis confirmed the traditional epidemiologic, laboratory, and clinical methods of evaluating presumed mycobacterial contamination.
一组耐多药结核痰液分离株导致一家医院的分枝杆菌学实验室检测到标本污染。13份标本涂片阴性但仅一份标本培养阳性;12份似乎受到污染。这些标本中的每一份都与一种或多种涂片和培养阳性分离株在同一批次中处理。分子分析证实了评估假定分枝杆菌污染的传统流行病学、实验室和临床方法。