Misidentification and diagnostic delay Caused by a false-positive amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test in an immunocompetent patient with a Mycobacterium celatum infection

J H Tjhie; A F van Belle; M Dessens-Kroon; D van Soolingen

doi:10.1128/JCM.39.6.2311-2312.2001

Misidentification and diagnostic delay Caused by a false-positive amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test in an immunocompetent patient with a Mycobacterium celatum infection

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Jun;39(6):2311-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2311-2312.2001.

Authors

J H Tjhie¹, A F van Belle, M Dessens-Kroon, D van Soolingen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands. jtj@lmib.azm.nl

Abstract

The Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test can give discrepant results directly in respiratory or cultured samples from patients infected with Mycobacterium celatum, leading to inappropriate therapy for, in our case, an immunocompetent patient.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

DNA Probes
Diagnostic Errors*
False Positive Reactions
Humans
Immunocompetence
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium / classification*
Mycobacterium / genetics
Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology

Substances

DNA Probes
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic