Against all odds: molecular confirmation of an implausible case of bone tuberculosis.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular