False-negative reactions to the comparative intradermal tuberculin test for bovine tuberculosis [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2017 : According to the Brazilian National Program for the Control and Eradication of Animal Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (PNCEBT), the routine tests for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in the country are the simple intradermal tuberculin test (SITT) of ...
Rudielle A. Rodrigues +7 more
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A Fatal Case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis with Two False-Negative Polymerase Chain Reactions [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurology, 2018 An 88-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of altered mental status and seizures. His electrographic and imaging findings were suggestive of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), for which he was empirically treated with acyclovir. He underwent two
Aldo A. Mendez +5 more
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Postoperative cerebral air embolism with delayed abnormal brain MRI findings
eNeurologicalSci, 2021 Cerebral air embolism (CAE) is a rare but well-known complication resulting from invasive medical procedures; however, previous studies have not examined the postoperative longitudinal MRI changes in CAE.
Yuwa Oka +4 more
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Characteristics of False-Positive Alarms in the BacT/Alert 3D System
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 The BacT/Alert system has been used for detecting the presence of bacteria in various clinical settings as well as in blood services, but it is associated with a relatively high incidence of false-positive results.
Misato Amano +8 more
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Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 Study objective To determine the prevalence of false negative point‐of‐care (POC) urine pregnancy tests among emergency department (ED) patients and among those with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding.
Sarah Kleinschmidt +3 more
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Cancer Medicine, 2020 Background Breast cancer survivors are increasing followed for new breast cancers / recurrences by mammography screening only. We aimed at assessing how often breast cancer survivors get a false positive or false negative result at mammography screening.
Sisse Helle Njor +2 more
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Non-Specific Binding and Cross-Reaction of ELISA: A Case Study of Porcine Hemoglobin Detection
Foods, 2021 Different types of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) have been widely used to control food safety and quality. To develop an accurate and reproducible ELISA, false immunodetection results caused by non-specific binding (NSB) and cross-reaction ...
Xingyi Jiang +3 more
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Cognitive and affective reactions to success and failure: The quality of feedback as the determinant of self-verifying and self-enhancing motivation [PDF]
Psihologija, 2011 A study was conducted to ascertain what the dominant self motivation is like - selfverifying or self-enhancing? - in a situation when a person is faced with a negative evaluation of a central personality characteristic.
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False negative diagnostic errors with polymerase chain reaction for the detection of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis [PDF]
Medical Mycology, 2019 Abstract The accuracy of the BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) panel for the identification of Cryptococcus has recently been called into question. The primary objective of this study was to assess the agreement between the BioFire ME polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other markers of cryptococcal infection.
Matthew A Krolikowski +4 more
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An ELISA protocol to improve the accuracy and reliability of serological antibody assays
MethodsX, 2017 To assay serum antibodies by indirect ELISA, it is critical to eliminate a variety of false positive and negative reactions attributed to the principle.
Takaki Waritani +3 more
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