False-positive Histoplasma capsulatum Gen-Probe chemiluminescent test result caused by a Chrysosporium species. - Literature - Data resources

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False-positive Histoplasma capsulatum Gen-Probe chemiluminescent test result caused by a Chrysosporium species.

J Clin Microbiol, 2005/3;43(3):1456-8.

Brandt ME^[1], Gaunt D, Iqbal N, McClinton S, Hambleton S, Sigler L

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Abstract

We describe a case in which the Histoplasma capsulatum AccuProbe test displayed cross-reactivity with a respiratory isolate thought to be Histoplasma but not morphologically consistent with H. capsulatum. The isolate was later identified as the Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii by sequence analysis and phenotypic data.

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Adult; Base Sequence; Chrysosporium; False Positive Reactions; Histoplasma; Humans; Luminescent Measurements; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Phenotype; Sequence Analysis, DNA

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