False-positive culture results from patient tissue specimens due to contamination of RPMI medium with Cryptococcus albidus.

PubWeight™: 0.75‹?›

🔗 View Article (PMC 1865871)

Published in J Clin Microbiol on February 21, 2007

Authors

Lisa G Winston1, Marguerite Roemer, Carol Goodman, Barbara Haller

Author Affiliations

1: University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Room 5H22, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. lisa.winston@ucsf.edu

Articles by these authors

Association between rates of HIV testing and elimination of written consents in San Francisco. JAMA (2007) 2.32

ALA and Photofrin fluorescence-guided resection and repetitive PDT in glioblastoma multiforme: a single centre Phase III randomised controlled trial. Lasers Med Sci (2007) 1.35

Curriculum content and evaluation of resident competency in clinical pathology (laboratory medicine): a proposal. Clin Chem (2006) 1.22

A prospective, multicenter study of laboratory cross-contamination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.17

Testing and linkage to care outcomes for a clinician-initiated rapid HIV testing program in an urban emergency department. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2011) 1.14

Simultaneous runs of the Bayer VERSANT HIV-1 version 3.0 and HCV bDNA version 3.0 quantitative assays on the system 340 platform provide reliable quantitation and improved work flow. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.06

Leveraging a rapid, round-the-clock HIV testing system to screen for acute HIV infection in a large urban public medical center. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2013) 1.05

Evaluation of the VACUTAINER PPT Plasma Preparation Tube for use with the Bayer VERSANT assay for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 0.91

Curriculum content and evaluation of resident competency in clinical pathology (laboratory medicine): a proposal. Am J Clin Pathol (2006) 0.88

Rapid HIV testing on labor and delivery: lessons from the field. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2007) 0.85

Curriculum content and evaluation of resident competency in clinical pathology (laboratory medicine): a proposal. Hum Pathol (2006) 0.83

Prevalence and outcomes of cryptococcal antigenemia in HIV-seropositive patients hospitalized for suspected tuberculosis in Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2013) 0.82

Comparison of intraoperative fluorescence and MRI image guided neuronavigation in malignant brain tumours, a prospective controlled study. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther (2013) 0.81