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Case Reports
. 2006 Jun 1;42(11):e86-8.
doi: 10.1086/503571. Epub 2006 Apr 19.

Against all odds: molecular confirmation of an implausible case of bone tuberculosis

Caroline Loïez  1 , Eve Willery, J-Louis Legrand, Véronique Vincent, Maria Cristina Gutierrez, René J Courcol, Philip Supply
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Against all odds: molecular confirmation of an implausible case of bone tuberculosis

Caroline Loïez et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We report the use of typing based on a variable number of tandem repeats of genetic elements called "mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units" to clarify a puzzling situation involving a patient with an exceptional case of spondylodiskitis that initially led to the suspicion of a possible event of laboratory cross-contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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