Environmental contamination leading to false-positive polymerase chain reaction for pertussis
Pediatr Infect Dis J
.
1994 Oct;13(10):936-7.
doi: 10.1097/00006454-199410000-00020.
Authors
J Taranger
,
B Trollfors
,
L Lind
,
G Zackrisson
,
K Beling-Holmquist
PMID:
7854900
DOI:
10.1097/00006454-199410000-00020
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Bordetella pertussis / isolation & purification*
Child, Preschool
Environmental Pollutants
Equipment Contamination
False Positive Reactions*
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction* / methods
Whooping Cough / diagnosis
Substances
Environmental Pollutants