Questionable reliability of the polymerase chain reaction in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

N Engl J Med. 1993 Dec 30;329(27):2036. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199312303292713.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • False Positive Reactions
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology