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. 2013 Apr;51(4):1348-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.03341-12. Epub 2013 Jan 23.

An unusual cause of false-positive results with the BD GeneOhm Cdiff assay

Lisa Louie, Henry Wong, Samira Mubareka, Andrew E Simor

An unusual cause of false-positive results with the BD GeneOhm Cdiff assay

Lisa Louie et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Apr.
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Examples of amplification curves. (a) Typical, sigmoidal curve of a true-positive real-time PCR sample; (b to d) atypical, nonsigmoidal curves of falsely positive real-time PCR sample.
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Fig 2
Examples of amplification curves with second derivative maximum (SDM) peaks corresponding to those in Fig. 1a to d above. Amp curve, amplification curve.
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