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False-positive immunochromatographic CTX-M enzyme test from direct testing of a positive blood culture

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We thank the patient for giving consent for the investigation and publication.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Health and Medical Research Fund (CID-HKU1-13).

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  1. Department of Clinical Pathology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China

    Chung-Ho Lee & Cindy Wing-Sze Tse

  2. Department of Microbiology, and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Shuo Jiang, Man-Ki Tong & Pak-Leung Ho

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PLH designed the study. CHL, CWST, SJ, and MKT acquired and analyzed the data. PLH and CHL wrote the manuscript. All authors were involved in critical revision of the manuscript and final approval of the manuscript.

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Lee, CH., Jiang, S., Tong, MK. et al. False-positive immunochromatographic CTX-M enzyme test from direct testing of a positive blood culture. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 41, 511–513 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-021-04381-5

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