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Optimal management of infection with mycobacterial species requires accurate identification down to complex/species level due to variations in outcomes. Over the last few decades, there have been significant advances in… Click to show full abstract
Optimal management of infection with mycobacterial species requires accurate identification down to complex/species level due to variations in outcomes. Over the last few decades, there have been significant advances in laboratory diagnostics with development of newer and rapid molecular methods. Here we describe a case of Mycobacterium smegmatis that was misidentified as Mycobacterium fortuitum by DNA line probe assay.
Keywords:
mycobacterium;
mycobacterium fortuitum;
line probe;
dna line;
fortuitum dna;
mycobacterium smegmatis
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Year Published: 2021
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