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Healthcare Worker with “Pertussis”: Consequences of a False-Positive Polymerase Chain Reaction Test Result

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber ,
Melissa B. Miller ,
Rebecca H. Brooks ,
Vickie M. Brown  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Departments of Hospital Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hospital Laboratories, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Melissa B. Miller
Affiliation:
Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Departments of Hospital Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hospital Laboratories, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Rebecca H. Brooks
Affiliation:
Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Departments of Hospital Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hospital Laboratories, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Vickie M. Brown
Affiliation:
Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Departments of Hospital Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hospital Laboratories, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Departments of Hospital Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Hospital Laboratories, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Bioinformatics, CB 7030, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 (dweber@unch.unc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , March 2010 , pp. 306 - 307
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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