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False positive result ofMycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA probe hybridization with aMycobacterium terrae isolate

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  1. Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Unité de Bactériologie, Unité de Recherche Associée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 1334, France

    C. Martin, B. Cattier & A. Goudeau

  2. Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bretonneau, 37044, Tours Cedex, France

    A. Legras

  3. Centre National de Référence pour les Mycobactéries, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

    V. Vincent Lévy-Frébault

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Martin, C., Vincent Lévy-Frébault, V., Cattier, B. et al. False positive result ofMycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA probe hybridization with aMycobacterium terrae isolate. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 12, 309–310 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967270

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