False-positive amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test results for samples containing Mycobacterium leprae

Pam Chedore1, George Broukhanski, Zev Shainhouse

  • 1Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Public Health Laboratories Branch, TB and Mycobacteriology, 81 Resources Road, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P 3T1, Canada. pam.chedore@moh.gov.on.ca