Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
A Case Report of Smear-positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis with False-negative Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification and T-SPOT.TB Assays.
Yuki Tsutsumi, Tadao Nagasaki, Masato Muraki, Soichiro Hanada, Hiroshi Teraguchi, Yuji Tohda, Hisako Matsumoto
Published: 202510.2169/internalmedicine.6076-25
Abstract
Rapid molecular and immunological assays for tuberculosis, including loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and T-SPOT. TB assays, may yield false-negative results. We herein report a 62-year-old immunocompetent man with a productive cough, el…
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